The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Provider Communications Group will host a second toll-free Provider training conference call about the CCI Edits as they will apply to providers of outpatient rehabilitation therapy services. Effective January 1, 2006, the outpatient providers impacted for the first time include:
This second conference call is being added to accommodate providers who were not able to register for the first call scheduled for Tuesday, December 6, 2005. Both training sessions will include the same information: a presentation on the basic CCI concepts and structure, as well as its application to outpatient provider services, including physical, occupational, and speech therapy services. A PowerPoint slide presentation will be posted to the Medicare Learning Network’s Coding Educational Resources Web Guide, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/icd9code.asp, In the interim, a Special Edition Medlearn Matters article, SE0545, posted on the Medicare Learning Network, can be referenced prior to the call. The article outlines the changes in Medicare’s payment processes for the CCI edits application to services furnished by the above-noted outpatient providers. SE0545 is available at the following link: <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedlearnMattersArticles/downloads/SE0545.pdf>. Following the presentation, providers will have an opportunity to ask questions of CMS subject matter experts concerning this topic. The call will take place:
Online Evaluation Form: We have developed an online evaluation form that can be quickly completed and submitted. We ask that participants complete this online evaluation form to help us make informed decisions to improve our training activities. The online evaluation form titled “Training Evaluation Form” can be found on the registration page, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/cont_eval_form.asp. If you have questions, or require special accommodations, please contact Geanelle E. Griffith at geanelle.griffith@cms.hhs.gov or at (410) 786-4466. Joint Signature Memo (JSM-06066) (November 29, 2005) Posted: 12/05/2005 CPT codes, descriptions, and other data only are copyright 2005 American Medical Association (or such other date of publication of CPT). All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Apply.
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for you to download prior to the call so that you can follow along with the presenter, Pamela R. West, PT, DPT, MPH. 
