Will Medicare’s new claims appeal procedures hurt or help you? You can get more information in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services education call, “Improvements to the Medicare Claims Appeal Process and Statistical Sampling” on June 29. “Learn about changes intended to streamline the administrative appeal processes, reduce the backlog of pending appeals, and increase consistency in decision-making across appeal levels,” CMS says. The call is based on the appeals final rule published in the Jan. 17, 2017 Federal Register at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-17/pdf/2016-32058.pdf. Register for the call online at https://blh.ier.intercall.com.