News

Medicare Shared Savings Program: Application Deadlines for January 1 Start Date

Accountable Care Organizations: Visit the Application Types & Timeline webpage to learn about participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program that starts January 1, 2023.

Key dates:

June 1–7: Submit Notice of Intent to Apply (NOIA) (PDF) — You must submit a NOIA if you plan to apply, but it doesn’t commit your organization to apply
June 8–29: Submit application

Send questions to SharedSavingsProgram@cms.hhs.gov.

Claims, Pricers, & Codes

ICD-10-PCS Procedure Codes: Fiscal Year 2023

Fiscal year 2023 ICD-10-PCS procedure codes are available on the 2023 ICD-10 PCS webpage. These codes are effective for discharges on or after October 1, 2022.

July 2022 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 23.2

Learn about claims processing changes, effective July 1, 2022, for:

Hospital outpatient departments
Community mental health centers
Non-outpatient prospective payment system (PPS) hospital providers
Limited services when provided in a home health (HH) agency that isn’t paid under the HH PPS
Hospice patients for non-terminal illness treatment

See the instruction to your Medicare Administrative Contractor (PDF).

Multimedia

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility & Long-Term Care Hospital Virtual Training Program — Part 1

This virtual training program reviews updated guidance on:

Inpatient rehabilitation facility patient assessment instrument 4.0
Long-term care hospital continuity assessment record and evaluation data set 5.0

View Part 1 prerecorded training videos. We’ll post Part 2 after the live event in June.

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