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- Open Payments: Review Your Data by May 15
- Medicare Shared Savings Program: Application Toolkit Materials
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Open Payments: Review Your Data by May 15
Covered recipients: You have until May 15 to review and dispute your 2024 Open Payments data before CMS publishes the data in June. Review is voluntary but strongly encouraged.
Register in the Open Payments system to participate in review and dispute activities:
- Covered Recipients Registration overview
- Physician & Non-Physician Practitioner Covered Recipient Registration video (7:47)
- Teaching Hospital Covered Recipient Registration video (10:59)
If you have questions, contact the Open Payments Help Desk at openpayments@cms.hhs.gov or 855-326-8366 (TTY: 844-649-2766).
Medicare Shared Savings Program: Application Toolkit Materials
Starting May 29, CMS will accept Shared Savings Program applications through the Accountable Care Organization Management System. Apply no later than noon ET on June 12.
More Information:
- Application Toolkit: Get resources for the upcoming application submission cycle
- Application Types & Timeline webpage
- Key Application Actions and Deadlines (PDF)
- Email questions to SharedSavingsProgram@cms.hhs.gov
MLN Matters® Articles
Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities: Return to Provider Claims with Point of Origin for Admission or Visit Code D & Charges for Emergency Department Services
Learn about inpatient psychiatric facility claims for emergency services (PDF):
- Emergency department adjustment policy
- How to bill for a patient’s transfer from a hospital or critical access hospital to the same facility’s psychiatric unit
- New Fiscal Intermediary Shared System edit to prevent underpayments
How to correct a returned claim
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