Upcoming Events
CMS Open Door Forums
Home Health Hospice & DME/Quality Open Door Forum
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 2:00pm-3:00pmET.
1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 52257901.
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum
Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 2pm-3pmET.
1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 52257984.
HHS Health Datapalooza - June 5-6 in Washington DC
The CMS Innovation Center is helping plan one session of this two-day event. An ACO “deep dive” will demonstrate how Accountable Care Organizations can make effective use of claims data through innovative software services and analytics. This event is being put on by the Health Data Consortium, a group of organizations that joined together with the aims of promoting new data, making existing data more accessible by consumers and developers, and encouraging the development of products and services that improve health and health care. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a member of the Consortium.
More information on this event, including how to register to attend or submit an application to present, can be found at hdiforum.org.
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Important News and Information
A/B MAC Update
Noridian has announced that it will have an open public meeting on April 10 from 11am-noon central time to discuss 4 draft LCDs one of which is application of bioengineered skin substitutes-ulcers of lower extremities. Date to register to speak: March 30.
There are two ways to participate: onsite or via teleconference.
- Attend in person at one of the following locations:
- 900 42nd St S, Room W3, Fargo, ND 58103
- 810 W. Bethany Home Road, Phoenix, AZ 85013
- Attend by teleconference:
- Dial 888-622-5357, participant code is 258933
To attend in person, you must pre-register with:
Marie Gray - Assistant to the Contractor Medical Director
Phone: 206-403-1668
Email: Marie.Gray@noridian.com
If you wish to make a presentation at this open meeting, please contact:
William Mangold, M.D. JD - Contractor Medical Director
Noridian Administrative Services, LLC
P.O. Box 6740
Fargo, ND 58108-6740
Phone: 520-297-1440
E-mail: William.Mangold@nordian.com
NOTE: Due to time constraints, all presentations will be limited to 10 minutes, with an additional 5 to 10 minutes allowed for discussion. Requests to present at the meeting should be submitted by March 30, 2012.
Please send all written comments for Part B regarding the draft policies to:
Contractor Medical Directors
Policy Development
Medicare Part B
Noridian Administrative Services, LLC
900 42nd Street S
P.O. Box 6740
Fargo, ND 58108-6740
OR
Email: policyb.drafts@noridian.com
CMS Agrees to Implement NPWT Accreditation Checklist
On March 9, 2012, CMS staff met with representatives from the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders, AAHomecare and AdvaMed and announced with regard to the competitive bidding program, contracts will ONLY be awarded to suppliers who meet the Medicare quality standards and that are accredited specifically for furnishing covered NPWT items and services. CMS also stated that for any suppliers who furnish NPWT, they will also need to meet these criteria.
CMS is to be congratulated in working together with the wound care community to implement this important provision. This is an important to ensure that only qualified suppliers will be able to provide NPWT to patients.
The implementation will be as follows: CMS will distribute the revised accreditation checklist by the end of March. CMS will be meeting with the accrediting agencies at their meeting in May to instruct them to implement the checklist. This criteria will apply to all suppliers who furnish covered NPWT items and services whether they are submitting bids for competitive bidding or not.
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