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Have you found that your quality reporting bonus checks are lower than you expected?
 
CMS says your incentive payments from the Physician Quality Reporting System and Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program are subject to offsets. The agency explains that it may reduce quality program bonus payments for any outstanding debt linked to your Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).
CMS just launched a redesigned, upgraded version of its Medicare Coverage Database (MCD). The MCD site houses all national coverage determinations (NCDs) and local coverage determinations (LCDs), as well as a search engine to find the ones you're looking for. The new site "has been restyled from the ground up" although the functionality is unchanged, CMS says.

First off, the old URL address -- www.cms.gov/MCD/ -- will still work even though the new website has a new URL, www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/. Going to the old URL will automatically redirect your browser to the new one.

You can see at a glance why CMS describes the new site as being "restyled."  There is an animated menu bar that presents the navigation choices clearly and cleanly. The big tabs at the top make it easier to access various functions, whereas the old site required clicking on less obvious text links.

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