This webinar is geared toward all lines of business for those who will be a Local Security Officer (LSO) in the NGSConnex portal. Come join us and see how NGSConnex can make your life a little easier. We will review the responsibilities of an LSO, what NGSConnex has to offer, including registration, logging in, creating and managing accounts, a brief discussion of transactions that can be completed and available resources. If you are planning to be an LSO in NGSConnex this webinar is for you.

In an effort to raise awareness and increase utilization of tobacco use counseling, we’ll focus on the effects of nicotine dependence including affected health consequences during this webinar. Medicare coverage, coding, billing and documentation guidelines for tobacco use counseling for outpatient and hospitalized beneficiaries will also be covered. National Government Services (NGS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) resources will be provided and a question and answer period will be offered at the end of the session.

During this webinar, we’ll provide an understanding of how to complete the CMS-855I provider enrollment paper application for a group member, sole proprietor or sole owner and we’ll also focus on reassigning Medicare benefits.

Medicare covers many preventive services to keep your patients healthy. Preventive services can help find health problems early, when treatment works best, and can help keep your patients from getting certain diseases. Register today for an overview of one of Medicare’s covered preventive services, colorectal cancer screening. During this session we’ll discuss the coverage requirements as well as billing and coding for this service. We’ll also review how and where you can find important resources and references for all of Medicare’s preventive services.

During this webinar, we’ll provide an understanding of how to utilize the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Internet-based Provider Enrollment Chain & Ownership System (PECOS) to be comfortable in navigating the system to submit a provider enrollment electronic application.

This webinar is for current and future NGSConnex users who want to learn more about viewing and responding to additional development requests sent to you by National Government Services, and how to submit an electronic inquiry to our Provider Contact Center.