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CERT Awareness Week Four – We Appreciate Your Efforts

The Part A, Part B, DME, home health and hospice, and Railroad Board MACs are working together to promote the importance of complying with CERT documentation requests. This is the final in our series of CERT Awareness articles.

Thank you for your attention to this national MAC effort to promote CERT documentation awareness and compliance. We created this article series to help you understand CERT processes.

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Posted 7/28/2025

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