Summary: In this week's Medicare Insights Weekly podcast, please enjoy the article on Short-Term Acute Care Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report and Local Coverage Determinations. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the 2011 Physician Quality Reporting System and Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program Experience Report. They also issued new and revised Medicare Learning Network Matters articles on October 2013 Quarterly Average Sales Price Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files, Expedited Determinations for Provider Service Terminations, Pass-through Payments for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Anesthesia Services and Related Care, Enrollment Denials When Overpayment Exists, Revisions to the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 11 End Stage Renal Disease to Reflect the Implementation of the End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System and July 2013 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. In our Comprehensive Error Rate Testing segment, we discuss and provide an actual case example on insufficient documentation service or treatment and its impact on inpatient hospital claims. As we conclude this week’s episode, please review our list of upcoming educational events. A transcript of this program is included with the MP3 file. To view the transcript, please enable lyrics on your player. Have a comment on our podcasts? Take our Podcast Survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MIWpodcastfeedback. Websites referenced in today’s podcast: https://www.novitas-solutions.com/parta/whatsnew/index.html http://www.pepperresources.org/ http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/PQRS/index.html http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8340.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM7903.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM7896.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8039.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8261.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8338.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/Downloads/bp102c01.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/Downloads/pim83c06.pdf https://www.novitas-solutions.com/policy/mac-ab/l27548-r9.html
