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Posting Date: 02/04/2022
Best Practices for a Successful Targeted Probe and Educate Review
Best Practices for a Successful Targeted Probe and Educate Review Table of Contents Getting Started With TPE Notification Letter During the Review Process Post-Probe/Review Results Letter Prepare for Post-Probe Education [Return to [...]
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Posting Date: 01/01/1970
ALOB_Mental Health Enrollment Reminders
Mental Health Enrollment Reminders Mental Health Enrollment Reminders Effective 1/1/2024, Medicare covers services furnished by MFTs and MHCs. Please note: The criteria listed below for mental health counselor includes clinical professional [...]
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Posting Date: 06/03/2025
Annual Logon ID Recertification
All users who access the FISS DDE system are required by the CMS to recertify their access annually. National Government Services will designate one state at a time to complete the annual logon recertification. To complete the recertification [...]
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Posting Date: 02/22/2022
Appeals Calculator Levels of Appeal Table
Five Levels of Appeals: Overview Levels Level One Level Two Level Three Level Four Level Five Type of Appeal Redetermination Reconsideration (QIC) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Medicare Appeals [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
Bankruptcy Notifications
Notify us if you file bankruptcy. If you have filed a bankruptcy petition or are involved in a bankruptcy proceeding, National Government Services requests that you notify us immediately so that we can properly coordinate with the CMS and the [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
Complete a Voluntary Refund
Table of Contents Forms Used for Providers NOT on Automatic Immediate Recoupments and Check(s) Are Attached to This Form(s) Option 1: Completing the Voluntary Refund Form High Volume Spreadsheet Instructions Option 2: Large [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
How Should I Respond?
An overpayment may be identified and self-reported by a provider via clerfical error reopening or an overpayment, may be discovered by Medicare contractors as part of the claim and reimbursement review process. The key to reporting and repaying [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
Nettings/Offsets Across Organization Affiliations
Effective 1/4/2016, CMS implemented a change to begin netting/offsetting provider money across affiliated providers within the same and also across workloads within a single organization. This CMS change brings consistency to all Part B [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
Overpayment Request
Table of Contents Forms You'll Need Large Scale Overpayments Overpayment Notification Process Timeline for Processing a Demand Letter [Return to Top] Forms You'll Need Forms for non MSP-related are generally done via NGSConnex, but [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
Respond to a Demand Letter
Table of Contents Form(s) you’ll need Timeline for Processing a Demand Letter [Return to Top] Form(s) you’ll need Providers on Automatic immediate Recoupments Do nothing as this automation process will automatically be done and [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
Request an Immediate Recoupment
Forms You’ll Need These forms apply to providers that are NOT on Automatic Immediate Recoupments. Electronic Submissions JK or J6 Immediate Recoupment Request Form - Electronic/E-mail Paper Submissions Jurisdiction K [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
Set Up an Extended Repayment Schedule
Forms you’ll need J6 Applying for an Extended Repayment Schedule JK Applying for an Extended Repayment Schedule If repaying an overpayment would constitute a “hardship” on the provider, a request for an ERS should be submitted [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
Advanced Payments to Providers
A provider may request an accelerated/advance payment where delays in payments by an A/B MAC for covered services rendered to beneficiaries have caused financial difficulties for the provider. An accelerated/advance payment may also be made in [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
Overpayment Rebuttal Process
You’ll need to know what the rebuttal process is before initiating and know that the outcome of the rebuttal may not change the National Government Services recoupment process. The overpayment rebuttal process is a protocol used when an [...]
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Posting Date: 06/04/2025
MSP Post-Pay Overpayments
Forms You’ll Need Jurisdiction K CT-MA-ME-NH-NY-RI-VT Medicare Part B MSP Overpayment Request Form Jurisdiction 6 IL-MN-WI Medicare Part B MSP Overpayment Request Form JK or J6 Medicare Secondary Payer Part B Voluntary [...]
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Posting Date: 06/03/2025
Overview of Evaluation and Management Services
Due to the overwhelming response for this session, we’re offering this as a repeat of the 6/3 virtual conference webinar. We've seen major changes to the evaluation and management code set over the last few years. In 2021, the AMA [...]
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Posting Date: 06/03/2025
Home Health Billing Part One: The Notice of Admission
Provider Outreach and Education is hosting a two-part home health billing series. Part one will focus on what you need to know before billing, verifying eligibility, and the required fields to properly submit The Notice of Admission. This [...]
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Posting Date: 06/03/2025
Home Health Billing Part Two: The Period of Care Claim
Part two of this home health billing series focuses on the period of care claim, how reimbursement is determined under the Patient Driven Groupings Model, and review of the key billing requirements for claim billing. This session is a great [...]
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Posting Date: 06/03/2025
NGSConnex: Standard User Overview, Access and Navigation
This webinar is geared toward those who will be standard users in the NGSConnex portal. Come join us and see how NGSConnex can make your life a little easier. We'll review what NGSConnex has to offer, including registration, logging in, [...]
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