The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
- CMS Releases Preliminary 2020 Performance Year Quality Payment Program Results
- Now Available: Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for Eligible Hospitals and CAHs 2022 Specification Sheets
- COVID-19: Tools to Determine if Vaccine Requirements Apply
- COVID-19 Vaccine Codes: Pfizer Pre-Diluted Vaccine for Patients Ages 12+ & Third Dose for Immunocompromised Patients Ages 5–11
- COVID-19: Vaccine Access in Long-term Care Settings
- Acute Hospital Care at Home: New Occurrence Span Code and Revenue Code
- April 2022 Update to the Medicare Severity – Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) Grouper and Medicare Code Editor (MCE) Version 39.1 for the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Diagnosis Codes for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Status and ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) Codes for Introduction or Infusion of Therapeutics and Vaccines for COVID-19 Treatment
- Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule – Medicare Travel Allowance Fees for Collection of Specimens
- CY2022 Telehealth Update Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
- Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Subject to and Excluded from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Edits
- Internet-Only Manual Updates (IOM) for Critical Care, Split/Shared Evaluation and Management Services, Teaching Physicians, & Physician Assistants
- FY 2022 Results for Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on Provider Data Catalog
- Feb. 10 Webinar: Hospital VBP Program, HAC Reduction Program, and HRRP FY 2022 Provider Data Catalog Refresh