Summary: In this week's Medicare Insights Weekly podcast, please enjoy our articles on the customer contact center satisfaction survey, service wide review results on diagnosis related groups 254 and 743 and electronic submission of medical documentation. In our Electronic Billing segment, we invite vendors, billing companies and clearinghouses to an informative teleconference on September 25 to discuss EDI Connections – Partnering for the Future initiative. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services extends the deadline for Long-Term Care Hospitals and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities submitting first quarter 2013 quality data, invites eligible hospitals to a webinar on Eligible Hospitals Preparing for Stage 2 and invites you to participate in the Medicare Administrative Contractor Satisfaction Indicator. They also issued new Medicare Learning Network Matters articles on October 2013 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor Specifications Version 14.3, Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes Update, Mandatory Reporting of an 8-Digit Clinical Trial Number on Claims. In our Comprehensive Error Rate Testing segment, we discuss and provide an actual case example on incorrect coding and its impact on inpatient hospital admissions and Diagnosis Related Group reimbursement. As we conclude this week’s episode, we announce invite you to join us at the 2013 Medicare Fall Symposium and invite you to 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 https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FRXNVZY https://www.novitas-solutions.com/mr/bulletins/index.html http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8419.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8417.pdf http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM8401.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
