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Posting Date: 04/10/2025
Medicare Global Surgery
Global surgery policy was introduced into Medicare over thirty years ago and still today some of the concepts can be confusing. During this webinar, we'll go through the global surgery policy as it stands today, and cover when the global [...]
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Posting Date: 04/10/2025
Critical Care and Medicare Billing Compliance
While critical care codes did not change with the 2021 or 2023 AMA CPT updates, there are a lot of guidelines for billing these services. During this webinar, we'll discuss critical care coding, what is and is not critical care, how to document [...]
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Posting Date: 04/10/2025
Using NGSConnex to Prevent Eligibility Denials and Rejections
During this webinar, we'll examine common eligibility denials and rejections for National Government Services Part B claims and provide strategies from NGSConnex to prevent them in future submissions. There will be time following the [...]
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Posting Date: 04/10/2025
Medicare Review Contractors
During this webinar, we'll assist Medicare providers with knowing the difference between the Medicare review contractors and understanding their role in the Medicare review process. We'll discuss the Supplemental Medical Review Contractor [...]
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Posting Date: 05/27/2021
Submitting a Medicare GME Affiliation Agreement
Submitting a Medicare GME Affiliation Agreement Table of Contents Submitting a Medicare GME Affiliation Agreement Jurisdiction K MAC (NGS) Jurisdiction 6 MAC (NGS) Submitting a Medicare GME Affiliation Agreement In [...]
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Posting Date: 05/12/2023
NGSConnex: Initiating and Checking Status of Reconsiderations
Did you know that you can save time and money by requesting a reconsideration via NGSConnex? When you submit reconsideration requests electronically using NGSConnex, you no longer need to complete a form, copy documentation and waste time with [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
Medicare Compliance With the Incident To Provision
Do you have nonphysician practitioners that are, or could be, providing services incident to the physicians in the practice? Are you following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations for this program? Staying compliant [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
Medicare Part B Targeted Probe and Educate Process
Are you familiar with targeted probe and educate? Perhaps you've heard of it but are not sure what it entails. Either way, consider attending this webinar as we cover this important topic. We'll discuss everything you need to know so if you're [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
Laboratory Part B Billing
During this webinar, we'll review the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services billing requirements for laboratory and pathology services and includes appropriate modifier usage when submitting claims for laboratory/pathology services. There [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
The National Correct Coding Initiative and Medically Unlikely Edits for Part B Providers
This webinar will assist Part B providers with navigating tables for the National Correct Coding Initiative and the medically unlikely edits. We will also review proper modifiers to use to avoid denials. There will be time following the [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
Fraud Prevention and Detection
Please join us to increase your awareness of integrity issues and prevention of potential fraudulent and abusive practices against the Medicare Program. We will also review real life fraud cases. There will be time following the presentation to [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
Medical Necessity and the Advance Beneficiary Notice
Register for this webinar and learn how to properly administer the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) within the office setting. If you are a physician, nonphysician practitioner or office staff member and interested in learning [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
Being Compliant by Avoiding Claim Denials, Reopenings and Redeterminations
National Government Services is committed to reducing provider burden associated with Medicare claim denials, reopenings and appeals. Don’t wait until you receive the claim denials that will increase your time, effort, and cost to have the [...]
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Posting Date: 01/08/2018
Urgent Care
Urgent Care Please explain the concepts of split/shared and incident to E/M services in the urgent care setting. Answer: The urgent care setting is defined by CMS as a nonfacility setting. This means the split/shared concept does not [...]
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Posting Date: 01/28/2021
Transitional Care Management
Transitional Care Management Please clarify responsibility for the TCM interactive contact. Can this be performed by a hospital-employed nurse prior to discharge? Answer: The provider who is billing the TCM service is responsible for the [...]
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Posting Date: 05/11/2022
Time-Based Services
Time-Based Services Please define rules for using time to level-set a service. Answer: In both the office and observation/inpatient setting, the provider’s time is calculated based on pre-visit, intra-visit, and post-visit activities [...]
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Posting Date: 01/28/2022
Telehealth Services
Telehealth Services Please explain Medicare’s definition of a telehealth service. Answer: Medicare defines a telehealth service as a service provided by a Medicare-enrolled practitioner from an approved distant site for a beneficiary who [...]
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Posting Date: 06/09/2017
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation Please clarify appropriate codes for smoking cessation services. Answer: CPT codes 99406 and 99407 may be used for smoking and tobacco-use cessation counseling visits. Please clarify what constitutes a session which [...]
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Posting Date: 01/04/2023
Skilled Nursing Facility Services
Skilled Nursing Facility Services Please define rules for initial and subsequent SNF services, when the same provider has treated the patient at another site on the same date of service. Answer: This depends on the site of the prior [...]
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Posting Date: 08/29/2017
Separately Identifiable Service
Separately Identifiable Service Please define the appropriate use of modifier 57 to identify a separately payable E/M with an initial decision for surgery. Answer: Modifier 57 is added to an E/M service that resulted in an initial [...]
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