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Posting Date: 11/18/2024

Urgent: Starting Today 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR

Urgent: Starting Today 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR As we’ve communicated, starting today, 11/18/2024, you won’t have access to beneficiary eligibility inform...

Posting Date: 11/15/2024

Urgent: Beginning Monday 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR

Urgent: Beginning Monday 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR As we’ve communicated, beginning Monday 11/18/2024, beneficiary eligibility information will not be offe...

Posting Date: 11/14/2024

Register Now for the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference!

Register Now for the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference! Dive deep into critical preventive services topics! All Part B Providers! Register now for the National Government Services Medicare P...

Posting Date: 11/14/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 14, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 14, 2024 News 2025 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles Medicare Participation for CY 2025 Ambulance Fee Schedule: CY 2025 Final Policies Prior Authorizatio...

Posting Date: 11/14/2024

November 21st is The Great American Smokeout

November 21st is The Great American Smokeout You Can Help Your Patients Quit Smoking Smoking is one of the leading causes of heart disease and stroke. At least 70% of cigarette smokers see a clinician...

Posting Date: 11/11/2024

One Week Until Beneficiary Eligibility Information Leaves the IVR

One Week Until Beneficiary Eligibility Information Leaves the IVR As we’ve communicated, beginning 11/18/2024, beneficiary eligibility information will not be offered on the IVR. This includes all be...

Posting Date: 11/11/2024

Submitting Electronic Medical Records

Submitting Electronic Medical Records National Government Services can accept medical records submitted on a CD or thumb drive however, submitting via our free, secure, web-based portal NGSConnex is p...

Posting Date: 11/07/2024

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and worldwide. Although education, research and treatment options for lung cancer have dra...

Posting Date: 11/07/2024

Registration Now Open for the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference!

Registration Now Open for the 2024 Preventive Services Virtual Conference! We are thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the National Government Services Medicare Part B 2024 Preventiv...

Posting Date: 11/07/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 7, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 7, 2024 Final Rules Physician Fee Schedule CY 2025 Final Rule Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System & Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System CY 2025 Fina...

Posting Date: 11/04/2024

Two Weeks to Prepare to use NGSConnex for Beneficiary Eligibility Information

Two Weeks to Prepare to use NGSConnex for Beneficiary Eligibility Information As we’ve communicated, beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility information will not be offered on the IVR. This incl...

Posting Date: 11/04/2024

Coming Soon ‒ The CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Coming Soon ‒ The CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule The CY 2025 MPFS will soon be available on the Fee Schedule Lookup tool located on NGSMedicare.com, after the CY 2025 physician fee schedule r...

Posting Date: 10/31/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 31, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 31, 2024 News Medicare Shared Savings Program Continues to Deliver Meaningful Savings and High-Quality Health Care Compliance Major Hip & Knee Replacement or Reattach...

Posting Date: 10/31/2024

Top Claim Errors Reviewed and Updated

Top Claim Errors Reviewed and Updated Using data analysis, we review and update the Top Claim Errors on a quarterly basis and provide: the error reason code; a description of the error; the error type...

Posting Date: 10/29/2024

Don’t Wait Until 11/18/2024 To Use NGSConnex for Beneficiary Eligibility Information

Don’t Wait Until 11/18/2024 To Use NGSConnex for Beneficiary Eligibility Information As we’ve communicated, beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility information will not be offered on the IVR. T...

Posting Date: 10/28/2024

A/B DME MAC Collaborative Lower Limb Orthoses Webinar

A/B DME MAC Collaborative Lower Limb Orthoses Webinar This is your opportunity to hear directly from the Medicare contractors regarding Medicare’s criteria necessary for the coverage of lower limb ort...

Posting Date: 10/24/2024

Frequently Asked Questions Have Been Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions Have Been Reviewed and Updated We’ve reviewed and updated our educational FAQs. Visit our Help and FAQs page located within the Education section of our website. Topics avai...

Posting Date: 10/24/2024

Notification of the 2025 Dollar Amount in Controversy Required to Sustain Appeal Rights for an Administrative Law Judge Hearing or Federal District Court Review

Notification of the 2025 Dollar Amount in Controversy Required to Sustain Appeal Rights for an Administrative Law Judge Hearing or Federal District Court Review The amount that must remain in controve...

Posting Date: 10/24/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 24, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 24, 2024 News CMS Roundup (October 18, 2024) Rural Health Clinic & Federally Qualified Health Center: Final CY 2024 Payment Policies Claims, Pricers, & Codes Home Hea...

Posting Date: 10/21/2024

NGSConnex: Overview, Access, Navigation and Eligibility Look Up

NGSConnex: Overview, Access, Navigation and Eligibility Look Up As we’ve communicated, beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility information will not be offered on the IVR. This includes all benef...

Posting Date: 10/17/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 17, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 17, 2024 News Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities: Guidance on All-Inclusive Cost Reporting No-Pay Medicare Summary Notice Mailing Frequency Changed to Every 120 Days He...

Posting Date: 10/14/2024

Reminder – Beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR

Reminder – Beginning 11/18/2024, Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR To help protect Medicare beneficiaries against fraud, CMS is instructing all MACs to remove beneficiary elig...

Posting Date: 10/11/2024

Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR Beginning 11/18/2024

Beneficiary Eligibility Information Not Offered on the IVR Beginning 11/18/2024 To help protect Medicare beneficiaries against fraud, CMS is instructing all MACs to remove beneficiary eligibility info...

Posting Date: 10/10/2024

Jurisdiction K Part B Top Claim Errors are Updated

Jurisdiction K Part B Top Claim Errors are Updated Using data analysis we update the Top Claim Errors on a quarterly basis and provide: the error reason code; a description of the error; the error typ...

Posting Date: 10/10/2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 10, 2024

MLN Connects® Newsletter: October 10, 2024 News Resources & Flexibilities to Assist with the Public Health Emergency in Florida CMS Roundup (October 4, 2024) Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Reportin...

Posting Date: 10/10/2024

Jurisdiction 6 Part B Top Claim Errors are Updated

Jurisdiction 6 Part B Top Claim Errors are Updated Using data analysis we update the Top Claim Errors on a quarterly basis and provide: the error reason code; a description of the error; the error typ...

Posting Date: 10/07/2024

Availability of the Essential Medicines Shortage List for the Recently Finalized Separate IPPS Payment for Establishing and Maintaining Access

Availability of the Essential Medicines Shortage List for the Recently Finalized Separate IPPS Payment for Establishing and Maintaining Access On Thursday, 8/1/2024, CMS issued the FY 2025 Medicare H...

Posting Date: 10/04/2024

Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health Model Claims Adjusted in Error

Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health Model Claims Adjusted in Error CMS informed NGS of an issue that occurred on 7/26/2024 impacting some claims from 2021 – 20...

Posting Date: 10/04/2024

[RESOLVED] The Provider Contact Center Is Experiencing Phone Outages for All Lines of Business

[RESOLVED] The Provider Contact Center Is Experiencing Phone Outages for All Lines of Business Our Provider Contact Center Customer Services Representative phone lines were down for all lines of busin...

Posting Date: 10/03/2024

Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting

Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting National Government Services is hosting a Proposed Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting on 10/24/2024. Details are available by accessing the Local Cove...