August 4, 2008
MLN Fact Sheets
The following fact sheets are now available in print format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network. To place your order, visit http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mlngeninfo/, scroll down to "Related Links Inside CMS" and select "MLN Product Ordering Page."
- Federally Qualified Health Center Fact Sheet (revised April 2008) which provides information about Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) designation; covered FQHC services; FQHC preventive primary services that are not covered; FQHC payments; and the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
- Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital Fact Sheet (revised April 2008) which provides information about methods to qualify for the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) adjustment; Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 and Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; number of beds in hospital determination; and Medicare DSH payment adjustment formulas.
- Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet (revised May 2008) which provides general information about the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS), how payment rates are set, and the Rate Year 2009 update to the IPF PPS.
