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CERT Awareness Week Three – Verify Your Medical Records Correspondence Address

The Part A, Part B, DME, home health and hospice and RRB MACs are working together to promote the importance of complying with CERT documentation requests. This is the second of four CERT Awareness articles.

If you have a payment recoupment for a CERT error, but didn’t get a CERT RC documentation request, verify your PECOS Medical Records Correspondence Address. Please refer to the CERT RC’s C3HUB “Letters and Contact Information” and “How to Submit Address Updates.”

*For Part B RRB claims, refer to Palmetto RRB’s Update an Enrollment Record to ensure your provider information is up-to-date with the RRB Specialty MAC.

Updating address information with the CERT RC will only update for the current claim under review. Any additional CERT RC claim reviews will revert to your current MAC contact information for CERT RC requests.

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Posted 7/21/2025

Helpful Resources

CERT Denial Finder
CERT Task Force
CMS CERT Compliance

Options for submitting medical records to CERT

Include barcode coversheet with all submissions.

Option to submit Electronic using esMD:

More information on esMD can be found atwww.cms.gov, be sure to route medical records to the CERT Contractor at:

804-261-8100

Option to Mail:
CERT Documentation Center
Attn: CID
8701 Park Central Drive, Suite 400-A
Richmond, VA 23227

Providers mailing documentation via CD should send the password toCERTmail@empower.ai; use the CID number in the subject line of your email (no PHI).

Option to email:
Email documentation in an encrypted emailed to CERT atCERTmail@empower.ai. Password should be submitted in separate email, use the CID number in the subject line of your emails (no PHI).

Questions about medical record submissions

CERT Customer Service:
443-663-2699
Toll Free: 888-779-7477
CERTprovider@empower.ai

Questions about CERT reviews
NGS Provider Contact Center

Select “Contact Us” for phone number per state and jurisdiction

Helpful Resources

CERT Denial Finder
CERT Task Force
CMS CERT Compliance

Options for submitting medical records to CERT

Include barcode coversheet with all submissions.

Option to submit Electronic using esMD:

More information on esMD can be found at www.cms.gov, be sure to route medical records to the CERT Contractor at:

804-261-8100

Option to Mail:
CERT Documentation Center
Attn: CID
8701 Park Central Drive, Suite 400-A
Richmond, VA 23227

Providers mailing documentation via CD should send the password toCERTmail@empower.ai; use the CID number in the subject line of your email (no PHI).

Option to email:
Email documentation in an encrypted emailed to CERT atCERTmail@empower.ai. Password should be submitted in separate email, use the CID number in the subject line of your emails (no PHI).

Questions about medical record submissions

CERT Customer Service:
443-663-2699
Toll Free: 888-779-7477
CERTprovider@empower.ai

Questions about CERT reviews
NGS Provider Contact Center

Select “Contact Us” for phone number per state and jurisdiction

Helpful Resources

CERT Denial Finder
CERT Task Force
CMS CERT Compliance

Options for submitting medical records to CERT

Include barcode coversheet with all submissions.

Option to submit Electronic using esMD:

More information on esMD can be found at www.cms.gov, be sure to route medical records to the CERT Contractor at:

804-261-8100

Option to Mail:
CERT Documentation Center
Attn: CID
8701 Park Central Drive, Suite 400-A
Richmond, VA 23227

Providers mailing documentation via CD should send the password toCERTmail@empower.ai; use the CID number in the subject line of your email (no PHI).

Option to email:
Email documentation in an encrypted emailed to CERT atCERTmail@empower.ai. Password should be submitted in separate email, use the CID number in the subject line of your emails (no PHI).

Questions about medical record submissions

CERT Customer Service:
443-663-2699
Toll Free: 888-779-7477
CERTprovider@empower.ai

Questions about CERT reviews
NGS Provider Contact Center

Select “Contact Us” for phone number per state and jurisdiction

Helpful Resources

CERT Denial Finder
CERT Task Force
CMS CERT Compliance

Options for submitting medical records to CERT

Include barcode coversheet with all submissions.

Option to submit Electronic using esMD:

More information on esMD can be found at www.cms.gov, be sure to route medical records to the CERT Contractor at:

804-261-8100

Option to Mail:
CERT Documentation Center
Attn: CID
8701 Park Central Drive, Suite 400-A
Richmond, VA 23227

Providers mailing documentation via CD should send the password toCERTmail@empower.ai; use the CID number in the subject line of your email (no PHI).

Option to email:
Email documentation in an encrypted emailed to CERT atCERTmail@empower.ai. Password should be submitted in separate email, use the CID number in the subject line of your emails (no PHI).

Questions about medical record submissions

CERT Customer Service:
443-663-2699
Toll Free: 888-779-7477
CERTprovider@empower.ai

Questions about CERT reviews
NGS Provider Contact Center

Select “Contact Us” for phone number per state and jurisdiction