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Welcome Katie Zibelin, Experian Health Marketing’s newest team member. Katie made her Experian debut in August 2015 as an intern where she supported client events, tradeshows and proposal efforts behind the scenes.  Upon securing her advertising degree from the University of Texas at Austin in December 2015–one semester ahead of schedule–Katie joined the team full time this February. In her current role as a Marketing Coordinator, Katie is responsible for tracking projects, managing vendor activities, conducting tradeshow and vendor research, developing new vendor relationships, coordinating and supervising tradeshow activities and communicating programs and events. Katie also serves as the project leader of our 2016 Regional User Conferences. In her first solo performance at our Southeast Regional Conference in New Orleans, Katie received rave reviews for demonstrating project management and event planning maturity and grace under pressure. Fun Fact: Katie is also an accomplished contemporary dancer/performer/instructor. Please do not hesitate to reach out to Katie with questions regarding any of the upcoming Regional User Conferences at Katie.Zibelin@experianhealth.com.

Did you know? In 2015, Experian Health helped nearly 700 provider clients screen over 51 million patients for financial assistance. That’s important for healthcare providers that are ramping up to meet 501r regulation requirements this year. Experian Health’s Patient Financial Clearance automates the financial screening process prior to service or at the point of service, to determine if patients qualify for Medicaid, charity or any assistance program, while auto-enrolling eligible patients. This new solution can help you: Meet 501r regulatory requirements Increase staff productivity by expediting financial assistance decisions Improve point-of-service collections Reduce overall AR days Patient Financial Clearance uses a proven combination of consumer data, patient-provided information and provider policies to automate the screening process and empower patient access staff to be more productive and effective. Help your patients while protecting your bottom line. Contact us today at experianhealth@experian.com or 1 888 661 5657 to find out how Patient Financial Clearance can help you.

Screening for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection On February 5, CMS released a change request to inform contractors that CMS has determined that the evidence is adequate to conclude that screening of HIV infection for all individuals between the ages of 15-65 years is reasonable and necessary for early detection of HIV and is appropriate for individuals entitled to benefits under Part A or enrolled in Part B. Effective date: April 13, 2015 Implementation date: March 7, 2016, for non-shared A/B MAC edits; July 5, 2016 for CWF analysis and design; October 3, 2016, for CWF Coding, Testing and Implementation, MCS, and FISS Implementation; January 3, 2017, for Requirement 9403.04.9 View Transmittal R3461CP View Transmittal R190NCD Screening for Cervical Cancer with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing On February 5, CMS released a change request stating CMS has determined that for dates of service on or after July 9, 2015, evidence is sufficient to add HPV testing under specified conditions. Effective date: July 9, 2015 Implementation date: March 7, 2016, for non-shared MAC edits; July 5, 2016, for CWF analysis and design; October 3, 2016, for CWF Coding, Testing and Implementation, MCS, and FISS Implementation; January 3, 2017, for Requirement BR9434.04.8.2 View Transmittal R3460CP View Transmittal R189NCD Revision to Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) lab travel allowance editing to include new specimen collection code G0471 On February 5, CMS released a change request updating FISS reason code 32436 to include HCPCS code G0471 in the list of specimen collection fee codes that will allow the travel allowance to be paid on outpatient claims. Effective date: April 1, 2016 Implementation date: July 5, 2016, for claims processed on or after View Transmittal R1619OTN View MLN Matters article MM9471