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Posting Date: 05/09/2025
Home Health Billing Coffee Break
Provider Outreach and Education is hosting a 30-minute coffee break to help answer your troublesome billing questions. This is a great opportunity to discuss areas of billing more in depth and review helpful guides and resources. Keep in mind [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2025
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 [...]
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Posting Date: 05/06/2025
Understanding Medicare Fraud and Abuse
Learn about fraud and abuse affecting providers and your Medicare patients to increase your awareness of integrity issues and prevent potential fraudulent and abusive practices against the Medicare Program.
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Posting Date: 05/06/2025
Reducing Unprocessable Claims
When claims are submitted with invalid, incomplete or incorrect information, our claims processing system will detect these errors and will reject claims as unprocessable. Our goal is to assist our providers in submitting claims correctly the [...]
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Posting Date: 08/05/2020
Practitioners - Are You Ordering Surgical Dressings for Your Patients?
Practitioners - Are You Ordering Surgical Dressings for Your Patients? In order for a DME supplier to provide surgical dressings to your patients, there are actions you can take to make sure that all the required supporting medical record [...]
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Posting Date: 07/11/2022
Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes Jurisdiction 6 Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin Jurisdiction K Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont Jurisdiction 6 and Jurisdiction K Combined Meeting 4/3/2025 12/5/2024 [...]
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Posting Date: 03/03/2025
Clinicians: Are You Ordering Urological Supplies for Your Patients?
Clinicians: Are You Ordering Urological Supplies for Your Patients? Urological supplies are covered as part of the prosthetic device benefit as outlined in the Social Security Act, Section 1861(s)(8). Prosthetic devices (other than dental) [...]
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Posting Date: 10/06/2021
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Preventive Services Guide Colorectal Cancer Screening Screenings are performed to diagnose colorectal cancer or to determine a beneficiary’s risk for developing colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer screening may consist of several different [...]
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Posting Date: 05/07/2025
Rural Health Clinic Billing Basics
This webinar will provide a detailed overview of the Medicare billing requirements for rural health clinics (RHC), including the definition of a qualifying visit, locations where billable RHC services can occur, claim coding guidelines and [...]
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Posting Date: 05/07/2025
A/B and DME Collaborative YouTube Video
A/B and DME Collaborative YouTube Video The A/B DME MACs are offering a YouTube video on Urological Supplies. This DME video tutorial provides information about urological supply requirements. Posted 5/7/2025
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Posting Date: 04/01/2025
Provider Contact Center – Make the Most of Your Call
Provider Contact Center – Make the Most of Your Call As of 5/1/2025, the Provider Contact Center (PCC) will service one PTAN/NPI combination per call. Before calling the PCC, make the most of your call by ensuring you have all authentication [...]
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Posting Date: 05/08/2025
Outpatient Psychotherapy Services: A Focus on Coverage and Documentation Requirements
Outpatient psychotherapy services are being reviewed as part of our Part A Medical Review Targeted Probe and Educate program. This session will provide a high-level overview of outpatient psychotherapy services with a focus on coverage and [...]
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Posting Date: 05/08/2025
Provider Enrollment: Opioid Treatment Program
During this webinar, we’ll provide a brief overview of an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) provider, an understanding of submitting the CMS-855A or CMS-855B paper application and how to complete the provider enrollment Internet-based Provider [...]
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Posting Date: 05/08/2025
Telehealth for Hospice Face-to-Face Recertification Extended Through September 30, 2025
Telehealth for Hospice Face-to-Face Recertification Extended Through September 30, 2025 Hospice physicians and nurse practitioners may continue to conduct the face-to-face encounter required for recertification using telehealth (audio/video [...]
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Posting Date: 05/08/2025
NGSConnex- Account Management
Do you need assistance with login issues and account suspensions? Do you know who your Local Security Officer is and what they are responsible for? We will also review how to edit the user profile and updating access within the portal. After [...]
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Posting Date: 05/08/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 8, 2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: May 8, 2025 News Direct Graduate Medical Education: Get Annual Update Factors Compliance Walkers: Prevent Claim Denials Events HCPCS Public Meeting — June 2–3 Medicare Advisory Panel on Clinical [...]
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Posting Date: 05/13/2025
Register Now and Join Us!
Register Now and Join Us! June 3-5, 2025 There's still time to register for the 2025 Spring Part B Virtual Conference. Immerse yourself in expert-led sessions designed to transform compliance understanding into action. Posted 5/13/2025
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Posting Date: 05/13/2025
Hospice Billing Coffee Break
Provider Outreach and Education is hosting a 30-minute coffee break to help answer your troublesome hospice billing questions. This is a great opportunity to discuss areas of billing more in depth and review helpful guides and resources. Keep [...]
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Posting Date: 05/13/2025
Medicare Part B Preventive Services: Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity and Depression Screening
During this webinar, we'll review the Medicare coverage, coding and billing guidelines for intensive behavioral therapy for obesity and screening for depression in adults.
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Posting Date: 05/08/2025
Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring Updates
Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring Updates The CMS MLN Booklet® Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring has been updated with important information effective 10/1/2025. Posted 5/8/2025
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Posting Date: 05/16/2025
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 [...]
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Posting Date: 05/16/2025
EDI Enrollment processing update
EDI Enrollment processing update National Government Services, EDI Enrollment Department will require all information submitted for EDI access to be valid and accurate. Exceptions will no longer be made when validating and processing requests [...]
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Posting Date: 05/21/2025
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: 05/21/2025
Medicare Overpayment Process
Ensure that you are compliant and avoid financial penalties by understanding the Medicare overpayment regulations. This session will focus on identifying overpayments, using the proper forms and procedures, the timelines for repayment and the [...]
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Posting Date: 05/21/2025
Medicare Secondary Payer: The Fundamentals Part 1
This is part 1 of a 2-part webinar. In part 1, we introduce our Part A providers to the fundamentals (basics) of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) by providing a high-level overview of the Group Health Plan (GHP) and non-GHP MSP provisions. We [...]
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Posting Date: 05/21/2025
Medicare Part B - Submitting Medical Documentation Electronically
During this webinar, we'll cover the enrollment, registration and methods available for submitting medical documentation to National Government Services. There will be time for your questions following the presentation.
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Posting Date: 05/21/2025
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: 05/21/2025
[RESOLVED] NGSConnex and Interactive Voice Response System Experiencing Intermittent Issues
[RESOLVED] NGSConnex and Interactive Voice Response System Experiencing Intermittent Issues We were experiencing intermittent outages with NGSConnex and the IVR. In some cases, the IVR was not playing back information when claim status was [...]
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Posting Date: 05/21/2025
Submitting Revalidation via PECOS
During this webinar, we’ll provide an understanding of how to utilize the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Internet-based Provider Enrollment Chain & Ownership System (PECOS) to be comfortable in navigating the system to [...]
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Posting Date: 05/21/2025
Depression Screening: Promoting Good Health Through Disease Prevention and Detection
Medicare covers many preventive services to keep your patients healthy. Preventive services can help find health problems early, when treatment works best, and can help keep your patients from getting certain diseases. Register today for an [...]
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Posting Date: 05/19/2025
Maintaining Your Provider Files
During this webinar, we'll share information to aid you in maintaining accurate provider enrollment files for the internet-based CMS systems: Identity & Access Management System (I&A), National Plan & Provider Enumeration System [...]
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Posting Date: 05/19/2025
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on May 31 is a yearly celebration that informs the public of the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what is being done to fight the tobacco [...]
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Posting Date: 05/19/2025
Medicare Secondary Payer: The Fundamentals Part 2
This is part 2 of a 2-part webinar. In part 2, we continue to introduce our Part A providers to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) by providing a high-level overview of your MSP responsibilities per your Medicare provider agreement. You will learn [...]
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Posting Date: 05/20/2025
Provider Enrollment: Confirm Banking Information to Avoid Disruptions in Medicare Payments
Provider Enrollment: Confirm Banking Information to Avoid Disruptions in Medicare Payments Each year, National Government Services experiences numerous EFT rejections due to inactive or closed bank accounts. To ensure continuous Medicare [...]
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Posting Date: 05/20/2025
Provider Enrollment: Confirm Banking Information to Avoid Disruptions in Medicare Payments
Provider Enrollment: Confirm Banking Information to Avoid Disruptions in Medicare Payments Each year, National Government Services experiences numerous EFT rejections due to inactive or closed bank accounts. To ensure continuous Medicare [...]
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Posting Date: 05/21/2025
Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting
Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting National Government Services is hosting a Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting on 6/25/2025. Details are available by accessing the Local Coverage Determination Open Meeting Announcement. [...]
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Posting Date: 08/16/2022
How to Become a Medicare-Enrolled OTP Supplier
How to Become a Medicare-Enrolled OTP Supplier OTPs with current, valid and full certification by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and accredited by a SAMHSA-approved accrediting body; including the DEA [...]
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Posting Date: 05/21/2025
Learn Over Lunch – NGSConnex Inquiries
Effective 5/27/2025, National Government Services will no longer accept inquiries submitted through the postal service to any of our P.O. Boxes or faxed to any of our fax lines. Are you prepared? Join this session to learn how to efficiently [...]
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Posting Date: 05/22/2025
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: 10/28/2021
Overpayments Due to Contractor Audit Reviews
Overpayments Due to Contractor Audit Reviews If you do not agree with any CMS contractor audits determination and you are a provider practicing in JK (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT) or J6 (IL, MN, WI), you may use the Medicare appeals process [...]
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