Ensure that your patients obtain the wellness examinations they are eligible for by knowing the differences between the initial preventive physical examination and annual wellness visit. During this webinar, we'll review the coverage, coding and billing guidelines for both of these services as well as providing resources on where to find more information.

National Government Services will discontinue mailing paper Medicare Redetermination Notices (MRNs) when Part B redetermination requests are submitted through NGSConnex beginning in March 2025. During this webinar, we’ll share information and details on this new initiative with our providers.

In NGSConnex, you have the ability to check the status of claims that have been selected for claim or medical review additional documentation requests (ADRs) in the last forty-five days for the provider selected. The ADR summary will show if that ADR has been responded to by anyone within your provider organization and regardless of the method of response (NGSConnex, mail, etc.). During this webinar we’ll review how to check the status, view the ADR letter text and some decision letters, how to respond to ADRs and offer additional NGSConnex resources.

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 brief question and answer period will be offered at the end of the session.

This is part 2 of a 2-part webinar event (part 1 will be held on 4/17/2025). In part 2, Acute Care Hospitals (ACH) will learn how to complete inpatient claims for submission to Medicare in a variety of situations. Topics include bill types, frequency of billing, services you arranged for your inpatient, LOAs, same-day readmissions, benefits exhaust situations, high-cost outliers and reporting OC 47, how we apply benefit days, submitting claims for MAO plan enrollees and more. We recommend attending parts 1 and 2.

Medicare covers a limited number of dental services. The purpose of this webinar is to familiarize dental providers with National Government Services (NGS) and Medicare Part B dental coverage. Discussion will include an overview of the NGS Medicare Administrative Contractor, dental coverage, who can provide dental services, general claim submission guidelines, coordinating care and more. Questions and answers will be addressed as well. Come join us for this very informative session.