Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services www.cms.gov www.medicaid.gov www.medicare.gov Nursing Homes & COVID: Five Things to Know, Additional Resources, Training Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent this bulletin at 07/16/2020 01:37 PM EDT CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) Thursday, July 16, 2020 News CMS Directs Additional Resources to Nursing Homes in COVID-19 Hotspot Areas Five Things About Nursing Homes During COVID-19 PEPPER for Short-term Acute Care Hospitals Lower Extremity Joint Replacement: Comparative Billing Report Events Nursing Home Training Series Webcasts: New Topic for July 16 COVID-19: Lessons from the Front Lines Call — July 17 MLN Matters® Articles Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for October 2020 Influenza Vaccine Payment Allowances - Annual Update for 2020-2021 Season Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Update FY 2021 October 2020 Quarterly Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files and Revisions to Prior Quarterly Pricing Files Quarterly Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Drug/Biological Code Changes - July 2020 Update July 2020 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System — Revised July 2020 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) — Revised Quarterly Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment — Revised Claim Status Category Codes and Claim Status Codes Update — Rescinded View the full edition as a: PDF | Webpage Like our newsletter? Have suggestions? Please let us know! The Medicare Learning Network®, MLN Connects®, and MLN Matters® are registeredtrademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).