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Posting Date: 06/09/2025

[RESOLVED] Fiscal Intermediary Standard System and Multi Carrier System Experiencing Outages

[RESOLVED] Fiscal Intermediary Standard System and Multi Carrier System Experiencing Outages The FISS and MCS are now available and Part A and Part B providers can check claim status in NGSConnex and the IVR system. We apologize for any [...]

Posting Date: 02/04/2022

Medical Review: Targeted Probe and Educate Review Topics

Medical Review: Targeted Probe and Educate Review Topics Prevent technical denials by ensuring your medical records are legible and include a valid, legible provider signature. If you notice the provider signature is illegible when asked to [...]

Posting Date: 06/11/2025

Preventive Services: Screening for STIs/HIBC to Prevent STIs, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C Virus and HIV including HIV PrEP

This webinar is the latest in a series of Medicare preventive services webinars. During this session, we’ll review the Medicare coverage, coding and billing guidelines for screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)/high intensity [...]

Posting Date: 06/11/2025

Alcohol Misuse, Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use and Lung Cancer Screening

During this webinar, we’ll review the coverage, coding and billing guidelines for the Medicare Part B preventive services benefits of alcohol misuse, counseling to prevent tobacco use and lung cancer screening.

Posting Date: 06/11/2025

Chiropractic Billing and Documentation

During this webinar, we will discuss chiropractic coverage, coding guidelines and the importance of documentation in order to support billing for these services.

Posting Date: 06/11/2025

Getting Access to PECOS

During this webinar, we’ll discuss how to obtain access to the Internet-based Provider Enrollment Chain & Ownership System (PECOS) and gain connection to provider enrollment record as well as understand other Centers for Medicare & [...]

Posting Date: 06/11/2025

Provider Enrollment Revalidation Overview

During this webinar, learn about important changes in the revalidation process, how to determine Medicare enrollment revalidation due date and information to avoid disruption in Medicare billing.

Posting Date: 06/11/2025

PECOS: View and Manage Reassignments through Group Enrollment

During this webinar, we’ll provide an understanding of how to view and manage reassignments through the group enrollment in Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS), including to add or terminate reassignments. Individual [...]

Posting Date: 06/11/2025

Provider Enrollment: Completing the CMS-855B Paper Application

During this webinar, we'll provide an understanding of how to complete the CMS-855B provider enrollment paper application for a clinic, group or supplier.

Posting Date: 07/18/2023

Medical Review: Targeted Probe and Educate Review Topics

Jurisdiction K Part B Targeted Probe and Educate: Medical Review Topics Topic CPT Code(s) Common Denials Resources Paring or Cutting of Benign Hyperkeratotic Lesion 11055, 11056, 11057 A07 – The [...]

Posting Date: 06/23/2025

Billing Telehealth Services for Part B Providers

During this webinar, we’ll provide you with insight into covered Medicare telehealth services and coverage requirements. We’ll discuss originating sites, distant sites and billing and payment guidelines.

Posting Date: 07/12/2024

Hospice Transfers

Hospice Transfers The purpose of a hospice transfer is to allow the beneficiary the opportunity to transfer to another agency without affecting the current benefit period and providing continuity of care. Instead of the beneficiary revoking [...]

Posting Date: 07/14/2024

Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model

Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model Overview The HHVBP Model is an initiative by CMS aimed at improving the quality of care provided by home health agencies while also fostering greater efficiency. It builds on the original [...]

Posting Date: 10/04/2021

Implementation of the Election Statement Addendum

Implementation of the Election Statement Addendum Hospice Election Statement Addendum Hospice care is a benefit under the hospital insurance program. To be eligible to elect hospice care under Medicare, the beneficiary must be entitled to [...]

Posting Date: 10/05/2022

Tips for Responding to a Hospice ADR

Tips for Responding to a Hospice ADR National Government Services performs medical review audits of services billed to Medicare to validate that the documentation supports coverage and level of services billed. If one of your claims is [...]

Posting Date: 10/22/2015

Hospice Documentation Tips

Hospice Documentation Tips Medicare coverage of hospice depends on a physician’s certification that an individual’s prognosis is a life expectancy of six months or less if the terminal illness runs its normal course. It is important that the [...]

Posting Date: 10/04/2021

Documentation Requirements for the Medicare Hospice Election Statement

Documentation Requirements for the Medicare Hospice Election Statement Election of Hospice Hospice care is a benefit under the hospital insurance program. To be eligible to elect hospice care under Medicare, the beneficiary must be entitled [...]

Posting Date: 06/01/2018

Avoiding Reason Code 38200

Avoiding Reason Code 38200 Claims are rejected with reason code 38200 when the FISS finds a previously submitted billing transaction that is a duplicate of the recently submitted billing transaction where all of the following fields on the [...]

Posting Date: 07/14/2024

Correcting Reason Code 37253

Correcting Reason Code 37253 To ensure home health claim information aligns with OASIS data, the iQIES OASIS claim data match is essential. If no matching assessment is found in iQIES when a claim is submitted, it will be returned with reason [...]

Posting Date: 05/08/2023

Home Health Billing When a New MBI is Assigned

Home Health Billing When a New MBI is Assigned A patient’s MBI number is required on all home health billing submitted to Medicare. CMS will issue a new MBI when an original MBI may have been, or has been compromised. There are times a home [...]

Posting Date: 01/13/2022

Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission Electronically

Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission Electronically Table of Contents Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission Electronically NOA Claim Page 1 NOA Claim Page 2 NOA Claim Page 3 NOA Claim Page 4 NOA Claim Page 5 [...]

Posting Date: 11/21/2024

Incarcerated or Unlawfully Present in the U.S. Claim Rejections (U538H, U538Q)

Incarcerated or Unlawfully Present in the U.S. Claim Rejections (U538H, U538Q) This stringent claim editing process helps ensure that Medicare does not make payments for services rendered to beneficiaries who are not eligible due to being [...]

Posting Date: 12/30/2022

Telehealth Home Health Services

Telehealth Home Health Services Prior to 1/1/2023, data on telecommunications technology used during a 30-day period of care at the patient level was not collected on HH claims. On 7/1/2023 reporting telecommunications G codes became [...]

Posting Date: 05/19/2022

Home Health Third Party Liability Demand Billing

Home Health Third Party Liability Demand Billing Table of Contents Background What is a Demand Bill? Requirements for Submission How to Submit a TPL Demand Bill Claim Page 1: Claim Page 2 – Covered and Noncovered Charges Claim [...]

Posting Date: 05/19/2022

Billing the Home Health Period of Care Claim - PDGM

Billing the Home Health Period of Care Claim – PDGM Table of Contents Billing the Home Health Period of Care Claim – PDGM Claim Page 1: Claim Page 2: Claim Page 3 Claim Page 4 Claim Page 5 Related Resources [Return to Top] [...]

Posting Date: 12/05/2017

Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Services Under Home Health

Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Services Under Home Health Effective for services furnished on or after 1/1/2017, Medicare will make separate payment to HHAs for dNPWT services for patients under the home health benefit. NPWT [...]

Posting Date: 05/19/2022

Home Health Demand Billing

Home Health Demand Billing Table of Contents Background What is a Demand Bill? Requirements for Submission How to Submit a Demand Bil Claim Page 1: Claim Page 2: Covered and Noncovered Charges Claim Page 2: All Noncovered Charges [...]

Posting Date: 01/13/2022

Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission via DDE

Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission via DDE Table of Contents Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission via DDE NOA Claim Page 1 NOA Claim Page 4 Notes Related Content [Return to Top] Billing the Home Health [...]

Posting Date: 05/09/2022

Home Health Agency Transfer and Dispute Protocol

Home Health Agency Transfer and Dispute Protocol Specific protocol and steps must be followed prior to opening an admission period for a new patient. Step One: Verify the patient’s eligibility You must ensure the patient is not [...]

Posting Date: 07/21/2022

Late Notice of Admission - The Exception Process

Late Notice of Admission - The Exception Process Table of Contents Timeliness of the NOA and the Penalty Requirements for Submission of the NOA Exception Process Canceling a Timely NOA to Correct an Error Reasons Not to Cancel an NOA [...]

Posting Date: 05/09/2022

Home Health Transfers

Home Health Transfers Table of Contents Background What To Do As a Receiving HHA What To Do As the Initial HHA What To Do In Case of a Dispute Related Content [Return to Top] Background A home health transfer occurs when a [...]

Posting Date: 02/26/2016

Reporting Home Health Periods with No Skilled Visits

Reporting Home Health Periods with No Skilled Visits Eligibility for the Medicare HH benefit requires that the beneficiary have a need for intermittent skilled nursing care, PT, SLP, or a continuing need for OT. The need for skilled care makes [...]

Posting Date: 12/20/2016

Reporting Site of Service Codes for Home Health Care

Reporting Site of Service Codes for Home Health Care HH PPS claim payments are based on the site of the beneficiary’s care. In order for Medicare to accurately capture where home health services are provided, HHAs are required to report the [...]

Posting Date: 04/11/2017

Billing G-Codes for Therapy and Skilled Nursing Services

Billing G-Codes for Therapy and Skilled Nursing Services Table of Contents Billing G-Codes for Therapy and Skilled Nursing Services What You Need to Know to Bill Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Language Pathology [...]

Posting Date: 09/23/2015

Completing the Advance Beneficiary Notice for Home Health Agency Demand Claims

Completing the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage for Home Health Agency Demand Claims The purpose of the ABN is to appropriately notify a Medicare beneficiary of services that the HHA believes Medicare will not cover. In order for the [...]

Posting Date: 02/04/2022

Notice of Admission Questions and Answers

Notice of Admission Questions and Answers Medicare requires HHAs to submit a one-time NOA instead of RAPs for new admissions starting on or after 1/1/2022. HHAs shall no longer submit RAPs, TOB 0322 for any HH periods of care with a “From” [...]

Posting Date: 12/16/2020

The Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit and Home Health Agencies

The Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Benefit and Home Health Agencies If you are a HHA that wants to provide and bill Medicare HIT professional services starting in CY 2021, you are required to enroll with the Part B Medicare Administrative [...]

Posting Date: 07/24/2017

Home Health Therapy Billing

Home Health Therapy Billing Table of Contents Home Health Therapy Billing 32X TOB: Billing Therapy Under a Home Health Plan of Care Discipline Revenue Codes (UB-04 FLs 42-43) Discipline HCPCS Codes (UB-04 FL 44) Service Units [...]

Posting Date: 09/09/2024

EDI Front End Clinical Edits

EDI Front End Clinical Edits EDI is continuing to implement EDI clinical business edits into the NGS EDI front end. These edits assist in proactively alerting providers of potential claim issues and provide resources to assist with avoiding [...]

Posting Date: 08/13/2020

How to Get Started - Five Easy Steps

How To Get Started – Five Easy Steps Contact your vendor, clearinghouse or billing service to ensure they support the electronic attachment program which includes the following: 6020 version of the 275 transaction; HL7 CDA R2 [...]

Posting Date: 07/09/2020

Participating Clearinghouses and Vendors

Participating Clearinghouses and Vendors The following entities support electronic attachments with NGS. Any of these entities can assist you with implementing electronic attachments and participating in the NGS Attachment Program. [...]

Posting Date: 03/01/2022

Benefits of Electronic Remittance Advice

Benefits of Electronic Remittance Advice Table of Contents Benefits of Electronic Remittance Advice There Are Several Benefits to Choosing ERA Versus SPR Help Interpreting the ERA Is Available [Return to Top] Benefits of Electronic [...]

Posting Date: 08/10/2023

Duplicate Claim Editing Information

Duplicate Claim Editing Information National Government Services implemented a Part A duplicate claim edit in our EDI front-end processing system. Providers are notified that a claim is a duplicate upon receipt of the 277 Claims [...]

Posting Date: 02/17/2022

How to Get Started

How to Get Started Making the change is easy. If you use a clearinghouse to submit claims, contact your clearinghouse to ask how to enroll for the electronic remittance service. If you currently have a claim submission software program, [...]

Posting Date: 03/08/2021

Benefits of the 277 RFI

Benefits of the 277 RFI The X12 277 RFI transaction replaces the paper Additional Development Request letters. The 277RFI transaction is available for JK/J6 Part A and Part B providers. The benefits of the 277RFI transaction include: [...]

Posting Date: 04/20/2020

Participating Clearinghouses and Vendors

Participating Clearinghouses and Vendors The following entities support electronic attachments with NGS. Any of these entities can assist you with implementing electronic attachments and participating in the NGS Attachment Program. [...]

Posting Date: 09/19/2022

Changing Your EDI Password

Changing Your EDI Password EDI passwords have to be regularly changed or reset to maintain data security. You should note that passwords expire every 60 days and can be changed or reset prior to expiration. Follow these steps to change your [...]

Posting Date: 08/13/2020

How To Get Started - Five Easy Steps

How To Get Started – Five Easy Steps Contact your vendor, clearinghouse or billing service to ensure they support the electronic attachment program which includes the following: 6020 version of the 277RFI transaction; HL7 CDA R2 [...]

Posting Date: 09/19/2022

Resetting Your EDI Password

Resetting Your EDI Password EDI passwords have to be regularly changed or reset to maintain data security. You should note that passwords expire every 60 days and can be changed or reset prior to expiration. Follow these steps to reset your [...]

Posting Date: 09/19/2022

Password Reset Requirements Checklist

Password Reset Requirements Checklist The following information will assist you in successfully resetting your password and eliminate any unnecessary disconnects. You should note that passwords expire every 60 days and can be reset prior to [...]

Posting Date: 01/03/2024

About PC-ACE

About PC-ACE The National Government Services PC-ACE free billing software is available for NGS J6 and JK providers only. If you are not a J6 or JK provider, the free billing software must be obtained from your MAC. PC-ACE is a [...]

Posting Date: 09/28/2022

EDI Gateway Self-Service Password Portal Overview

EDI Gateway Self-Service Password Portal Overview Table of Contents EDI Gateway Self-Service Password Portal Overview Changing versus Resetting Your Password Changing Your Password Resetting Your Password EDI Gateway Self-Service [...]

Posting Date: 09/19/2022

Setting Your Security Questions

Setting Your Security Questions Setting up Security Questions is part of the required process for establishing an EDI Gateway Self-Service Portal account. Follow these steps to set up your account Security Questions. Access the Trading [...]

Posting Date: 01/29/2020

Key Features

Key Features PC-ACE is a comprehensive claims management system. Some of the more prominent features include: Combined Medicare Part A, Institutional All-Payer and Professional claims system Electronic submission of claims in ANSI-837 [...]

Posting Date: 11/17/2020

Download PC-ACE

Download PC-ACE Download PC-ACE If you intend to administer the COVID-19 vaccines when they become available, or the new monoclonal antibody bamlanivimab, especially if you intend to roster bill these codes, please download and install the [...]

Posting Date: 01/29/2020

Minimum System Requirements and Support

Minimum System Requirements and Support Minimum System Requirements SVGA monitor resolution (800 x 600) Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 or Vista operating system Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 4.0 or later (for overlaid claim printing) [...]

Posting Date: 06/22/2022

PC-ACE Software Instructions, Resources and Guides

PC-ACE Software Instructions, Resources and Guides Creating a 276 Claim Status Request in PC-ACE and Importing and Reading the 277 Claim Status Report PC-ACE - For Institutional Users: Importing and Reading the 999 and 277CA Files PC-ACE [...]

Posting Date: 01/29/2020

About PC Print

About PC Print The PC Print software is available for providers to view and print HIPAA-compliant ERAs from their own computer. The PC Print software is available to you at no cost. This software is easy to use and will save you both time and [...]

Posting Date: 01/29/2020

Minimum System Requirements and Support

Minimum System Requirements and Support PC Print is only compatible with officially supported Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. Please note that PC Print v4.2.6 is the only version compatible with Windows XP. PC Print software allows [...]