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Posting Date: 04/02/2025
Amniotic/Placental-Derived Product Injections/Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Wound
Amniotic/Placental-Derived Product Injections/Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Wound L39139 https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/view/lcd.aspx?lcdId=39139 A58893 [...]
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Posting Date: 03/16/2022
Telehealth Services
Telehealth Services Table of Contents General Information Originating Site Distant Site List of Covered Medicare Telehealth Services Billing Facility Fee for Originating Site Payment for Professional Fee Place of [...]
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Posting Date: 01/24/2025
Telehealth Extension 2025
Telehealth Extension 2025 A Congressional continuing resolution bill has extended telehealth coverage for services in all U.S. geographic locations through 9/30/2025. Based on this guidance, National Government Services will continue to pay [...]
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Posting Date: 06/08/2021
Hospital Acquired Conditions and Present on Admission Resource for Acute Care Hospital Facilities
Hospital Acquired Conditions and Present on Admission Resource for Acute Care Hospital Facilities The hospital is the entity required to bill POA indicators on all inpatient claims billed to Medicare. However, accurate coding of all diagnosis [...]
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Posting Date: 02/21/2025
NCCI Lookup Tool Top
National Correct Coding Initiative Lookup Tool The NCCI PTP lookup tool is designed to help providers identify when certain codes are subject to the automated code pair edits. When two codes of an edit pair are identified, the major code [...]
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Posting Date: 03/03/2023
LCD Open Meeting Records
Open Meeting Records Jurisdiction 6 and Jurisdiction K Open Meeting Records Meeting Date Audio Transcript 3/13/2025 – J6/JK Open Meeting Recording Transcript 10/24/2024 – J6/JK Open Meeting [...]
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
About PC-ACE
About PC-ACE The National Government Services PC-ACE free billing software is available for NGS J6 and JK providers only. If you are not a J6 or JK provider, the free billing software must be obtained from your MAC. PC-ACE is a [...]
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
PCACE Full Install Text - ALOB
Version 6.6 (Institutional and Professional) PC-ACE users
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
PCACE Upgrade Text - ALOB
Version 6.6 (Institutional and Professional) PC-ACE users
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
About PC-ACE
About PC-ACE The National Government Services PC-ACE free billing software is available for NGS J6 and JK providers only. If you are not a J6 or JK provider, the free billing software must be obtained from your MAC. PC-ACE is a stand-alone [...]
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
PCACE Download Text - ALOB
The installation code to run the full install or the upgrade for PC-ACE is: NGSMAC1 Important Warning: For PC-ACE version 6.6 updated version: please be patient and allow the full install or update complete. It is important that you do not [...]
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Posting Date: 06/07/2024
Exemption Process for the Prior Authorization Program for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a prior authorization program for certain hospital outpatient department (OPD) services for date of service (DOS) on or after 7/1/2020 and subsequently added an exemption [...]
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Posting Date: 02/11/2025
Repetitive Scheduled Non-Emergent Ambulance Transports Prior Authorization
Attention All Independent Ambulance Suppliers! If you are providing repetitive, scheduled, non-emergent ambulance transports (RSNAT), you'll want to attend this webinar. Join us to learn everything you need to know about the RSNAT program.
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Posting Date: 02/14/2025
Provider Enrollment: Initially Enrolling a Dentist in the Medicare Program
During this webinar, we’ll address the Medicare dental specialty codes and provide an overview of how to enroll using Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) as well as using the CMS-855I paper application. This session is [...]
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Posting Date: 01/13/2025
Prior Authorization for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services – General PA
Join us for this general webinar about Prior Authorization for certain Hospital Outpatient Department (OPD) services. This webinar will have a non-clinical focus with emphasis on general requirements as listed in the OPD Operational Guide.
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Posting Date: 01/16/2025
Let’s Chat: Prior Authorization for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services
This Let’s Chat session focuses on Prior Authorization for certain hospital outpatient department (OPD) services and is an informal opportunity for you to chat with our staff about the selected topic. During the session, you may ask us [...]
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Posting Date: 01/29/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Notifications
Beginning in March 2025, National Government Services will discontinue mailing paper Medicare Redetermination Notices (MRNs) when Part B redetermination requests are submitted through NGSConnex. During this webinar, we’ll share information and [...]
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Posting Date: 02/24/2025
The National Correct Coding Initiatives Procedure-to-Procedure and Medically Unlikely Edits
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) program to promote national correct coding. Incorrect coding often leads to improper payment and increases the paid claims error [...]
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Posting Date: 02/19/2025
Part B Medicare Administrative Contractor Overview and Coverage for Dental Services
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 [...]
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Posting Date: 02/04/2025
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database
Medicare offers several tools to help providers bill their services. Many questions you have can be answered by learning how to access and use the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database. We hope you'll join us for an overview of this database.
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