New Version of PC-ACE: January 2025

New Version of PC-ACE: January 2025 PC-ACE Version 6.5 contains several CMS mandates and product enhancements including but not limited to the items listed below. Change Request (CR) 13794 - Combined Common Edits/Enhancements Modules [...]

Electronic Health Records

Electronic Health Records Eligible professionals under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program include: Doctor of medicine or osteopathy Doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine Doctor of podiatry Doctor of optometry Chiropractor If [...]

HETS EDI Recertification

Requesting an Exception to Timely Filing

Requesting an Exception to Timely Filing Table of Contents Requesting an Exception to Timely Filing No Appeal Rights for Claims Denied Based on Timely Filing Limit Provider Liability Exceptions that May Allow the Time Limit to be [...]

MLN® Booklet: Medicare Billing: CMS-1500 & 837P

Enrollment Application Forms

Enrollment Application Forms You have two options for submitting your Part B Enrollment application to Medicare. You can choose to submit: Electronic application through PECOS, or CMS paper application forms Also view Understanding [...]

Tutorial

Medicare Claims: CMS-1500 or Electronic

Part A Summit- Medicare Secondary Payer: Preventing Rejections of Your Medicare Primary Claims

Increase your cash flow by preventing rejections of your Medicare primary claims! In this webinar, we review why claims reject for Medicare Secondary Payer and explain how to prevent these rejections by reporting information on your claims that [...]

Part A Summit - Need Answers? The Options to Consider Before Calling or Writing into Medicare

During this session, we will review top trends on why providers are reaching out to Medicare and the best options to resolve those inquires. Plus, valuable tips and resources to help get the most out of Medicare.

Part A Summit - World of Medicare Contractors

Medicare Administrative Contractors are responsible for processing claims, managing policy and payment, and establishing regional policy guidelines. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also uses several additional contractors to manage [...]

Part A Summit - Exploring the NGS TPE Process

Join us to explore essential strategies for a successful Targeted Probe and Educate review. We'll cover the purpose of TPE and best practices, roles and responsibilities of National Government Service and providers under review. Gain [...]

NGSConnex: Local Security Officer Overview, Access and Navigation

This webinar is geared toward all lines of business for those who will be a Local Security Officer (LSO) in the NGSConnex portal. Come join us and see how NGSConnex can make your life a little easier. We will review the responsibilities of an [...]

NGSConnex: Additional Development Requests and Inquiries

This webinar is for current and future NGSConnex users who want to learn more about viewing and responding to additional development requests sent to you by National Government Services, and how to submit an electronic inquiry to our Provider [...]

NGSConnex: Part B Financials and Remittance Advice

This webinar is for current and future NGSConnex users who want to learn more about navigating through the financial and remittance advice sections of the NGSConnex provider portal.

NGSConnex Part B Claim Submissions and Claim Status Inquiry

This webinar is geared toward Part B providers who bill to Medicare on a CMS-1500 form. Submitting Medicare Part B claims can be simple and efficient through the NGSConnex portal. During this webinar, we’ll show you how. We’ll review claim [...]

Ambulance Services and Establishing Medical Necessity for Part B Providers

This webinar will help the ambulance community understand the importance of medical necessity as it pertains to Medicare’s coverage guidelines.

The Incident To Provision for Medicare

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 [...]

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 [...]