The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce new Web page URL addresses and valuable provider Web tools on the CMS Web site (
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/). The CMS wants to ensure providers and health care practitioners have quick access to accurate Medicare program information. In keeping with this goal, the provider and supplier-specific Web pages listed below are a one-stop resource focused on the informational needs and interests of Medicare providers, including physicians and other practitioners.
Provider and supplier-specific Web pages can be accessed from
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers or
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/suppliers. From the CMS Home page, click on
Providers from the left navigation bar under
Topics or search under the
Professionals tab or drop-down menu.
Specialized information on these one-stop resource pages includes links to Federal Regulations and Notices, Transmittals/ Change Requests, and Frequently Asked Questions. General information includes links for Coverage, Coding, Program Integrity/Medical Review and a wealth of other subjects that would be of interest to all audiences. Each page also has a
Highlights section to emphasize important and timely information such as pertinent regulations, instructions, or conferences. Providers, physicians, and suppliers can now go to
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mailinglists to subscribe to listservs for various Medicare audiences or categories.
| NEW Provider/ Supplier Web Pages include: |
| Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) -- Content includes Policy, Regulations, Manuals, Frequently Asked Questions and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/emtala |
| End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Information Resource -- Content includes Regulations, Coverage, Billing, Demonstrations, CROWN, Forms, Network Organizations, Public Use Files, Publications, Dialysis Facility Compare, and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/esrd.asp |
| Practice Administration Information Resource for Medicare -- Content includes up-to-date information and tools as they relate to Administrators, Coders, Billing Personnel, and others outside the traditional provider role. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/pair |
| Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) -- Content includes information on Enrollment/ Participation, Payment Rates, Regulations, and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/suppliers/asc |
| Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) -- Content includes Regulations, HIPAA, Enrollment, Frequently Asked Questions, Forms, Manuals, Publications and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/fqhc |
| Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) -- Content includes Billing Instructions, Coding, Payment, Medical Review information and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/suppliers/dmepos |
| Home Health Agencies (HHA) -- Content includes Regulations, Coding, Billing, Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and Outcome-Based Quality Improvement (OBQI), and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/hha |
| Hospice -- Content includes Certification, Educational Articles, Frequently Asked Questions, Research and Statistics information and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/hospiceps |
| Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) -- Content includes useful information related to the development of a PPS for Medicare inpatient psychiatric services, including Background and Coding information, the proposed Regulation and Assessment Tool and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/ipfpps |
| Mammography Services ' Content includes Coding, Policies/ Regulations, helpful Resources and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/suppliers/mammography |
| Rural Health Clinics -- Content includes Regulations, Enrollment, Coverage, Publications, Forms, Manuals, and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/rh |
| Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) PPS -- Content includes Regulations, Publications, Rates and Indices, MDS, Swing Bed, Frequently Asked Questions and more. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/snfpps |
| NEW Provider Web Tools include: |
| Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Lookup -- View physician service information, geographic practice cost indices and payment policy. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/physicians/mpfsapp |
| National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edits -- The NCCI promotes uniformity among the contractors that process Medicare claims in interpreting Medicare payment policies. The edits are pairs of services that normally should not be billed by the same provider for the same patient on the same day. | NCCI Edits for Physicians --
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/physicians/cciedits
NCCI Edits for Hospital Outpatient Departments --
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/hopps/cciedits |
| Medlearn Matters'Information for Medicare Providers -- This page includes links to educational articles and related Change Requests, in order to present consistent information to providers. | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/matters |
Additional pages are currently under development for anesthesiologists, surgeons and the Indian Health Service.