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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
Download PC Print
Download PC Print Please select from the two available versions of PC Print below. PC Print 7.1.5 PC Print 9.3.2 For the most current CARC/RARC code sets with full narrative and business scenarios, please download PC Print 9.3.2. and [...]
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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: 04/09/2025
Part A Top Reason Code changes
Part A Top Reason Code changes National Government Services, Inc. updates the Top Claim Errors on our website each quarter to ensure our Part A providers have the latest information on top claim errors including denials, return to provider, [...]
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Posting Date: 05/15/2024
Stay of Enrollment
Stay of Enrollment The individual provider or authorized/delegated official of a group/facility agrees to adhere to all Medicare requirements when enrolling. CMS implemented a preliminary, interim status representing a pause in enrollment [...]
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Posting Date: 04/10/2025
Stay of Enrollment
Stay of Enrollment The individual provider or authorized/delegated official of a group/facility agrees to adhere to all Medicare requirements when enrolling. CMS implemented a preliminary, interim status representing a pause in enrollment [...]
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Posting Date: 04/10/2025
Prohibition of AI Assistant Usage for Recording Medicare Sessions
Prohibition of AI Assistant Usage for Recording Medicare Sessions National Government Services has observed a rise in attempts to use various AI assistants during NGS-hosted sessions. It is important to note that the CMS has a longstanding [...]
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Posting Date: 05/30/2024
ABF - Promo 1 (Think Green Go Paperless)
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 11, 2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 11, 2025 News Dr. Mehmet Oz Shares Vision for CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program: March 2025 Confidential Feedback Reports Skilled Nursing Facilities: Revalidation Deadline is May 1 [...]
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Posting Date: 04/13/2025
Preventive Services: Initial Preventive Physical Examination and Annual Wellness Visit
Ensure that your patients obtain the wellness examinations they are eligible for by knowing the differences between the initial preventive physical examination and annual wellness visit. During this webinar, we'll review the coverage, [...]
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Posting Date: 04/14/2025
Introduction to Medicare Part II
Join us for Introduction to Medicare Part II to enhance your understanding of Medicare Part B. Topics include Local Coverage Determinations, Claim Filing Guidelines, Preventive Services, Front Office Assistance, Medigap/Supplemental/Advantage [...]
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Posting Date: 04/15/2025
Acute Care Hospitals Preparing Inpatient Claims: The Basics Part 1
This is part 1 of a 2-part webinar event (part 2 will be on 04/24/2025). In part 1, Acute Care Hospitals (ACH) will learn how to properly complete inpatient claims for submission to Medicare. We will review general inpatient ACH information [...]
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Posting Date: 04/04/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 3, 2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 3, 2025 News Home Infusion Therapy & Intravenous Immune Globulin Services: Get Monitoring Reports Medicare Providers & Suppliers: Report Managing Employees External User Services Help Desk: New [...]
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Posting Date: 12/11/2024
Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight for New Hospices
Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight for New Hospices In recent years, CMS has reported a significant increase in fraudulent hospice billing practices, which cost the Medicare Program millions of dollars annually. The CMS has initiated a [...]
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Posting Date: 04/14/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 14, 2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 14, 2025 FY 2026 Proposed Payment Rules CMS Seeks Public Input on Inpatient Hospital Whole-Person Care, Proposes Updates to Medicare Payments Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System [...]
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Posting Date: 04/15/2025
Part B Spring 2025 Virtual Conference: Register Now
Register Now! Register now for the 2025 Spring Part B Virtual Conference: Understanding Medicare Compliance for Part B Providers happening on June 3–5,2025. This event will offer innovative ideas and broaden your expertise in Medicare [...]
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Posting Date: 04/14/2025
Get Access to Keep Provider Enrollment Records Up To Date with Medicare
Get Access to Keep Provider Enrollment Records Up To Date with Medicare If you need to manage Medicare enrollment information for an individual provider or entity electronically through PECOS, you must have authorized access. This access will [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
National A/B MAC Ambulance Provider/Supplier Coalition Meeting Invite
National A/B MAC Ambulance Provider/Supplier Coalition Meeting Invite Attention Ambulance Suppliers and Providers Join the first virtual National A/B MAC Ambulance Provider/Supplier Coalition meeting during EMS Week: Thursday, 5/22/2025 from [...]
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Posting Date: 09/09/2024
EDI Front End Clinical Edits
EDI Front End Clinical Edits EDI is continuing to implement EDI clinical business edits into the NGS EDI front end. These edits assist in proactively alerting providers of potential claim issues and provide resources to assist with avoiding [...]
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Posting Date: 04/15/2025
Collaborative Surgical Dressings Webinar Coming May 6, 2025
Collaborative Surgical Dressings Webinar Coming May 6, 2025 This is your opportunity to hear directly from the Medicare contractors regarding Medicare’s criteria necessary for the coverage of surgical dressings. Representatives from all four [...]
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Posting Date: 04/16/2025
Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use
In an effort to raise awareness and increase utilization of tobacco use counseling, we’ll focus on the effects of nicotine dependence including affected health consequences during this webinar. Medicare coverage, coding, billing and [...]
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Posting Date: 04/16/2025
Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use
In an effort to raise awareness and increase utilization of tobacco use counseling, we’ll focus on the effects of nicotine dependence including affected health consequences during this webinar. Medicare coverage, coding, billing and [...]
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Posting Date: 04/08/2025
[URGENT] NGSConnex Experiencing Intermittent Issues
NGSConnex Experiencing Intermittent Issues We are experiencing intermittent outages with NGSConnex. This is impacting Part A providers only. In some cases when a provider account is selected to perform a transaction such as ‘Eligibility [...]
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Posting Date: 01/18/2022
Quarterly Top Ten Institutional EDI Edits
Quarterly Top Ten Institutional EDI Edits National Government Services EDI has identified the following top ten CEM edits that were received during Q1 2025 on the 277CA (Claims Acknowledgement) report for 837I 5010A1 formatted [...]
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Posting Date: 01/18/2022
Quarterly Top Ten Part B EDI Edits
Quarterly Top Ten Part B EDI Edits National Government Services EDI has identified the following Top Ten CEM edits that were received during the Q1 2025 on the 277CA (Claims Acknowledgement) report for 837P 5010A1 formatted claims. The [...]
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Posting Date: 11/25/2024
Termination of the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model on 12/31/2024
Termination of the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model on 12/31/2024 After carefully considering recent feedback about the increasing operational challenges of the Hospice Benefit Component and limited and decreasing participation [...]
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Posting Date: 04/16/2025
Acute Care Hospitals Preparing Inpatient Claims: Taking a Deeper Dive Part 2
This is part 2 of a 2-part webinar event (part 1 will be held on 4/17/2025). In part 2, Acute Care Hospitals (ACH) will learn how to complete inpatient claims for submission to Medicare in a variety of situations. Topics include bill types, [...]
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Posting Date: 04/18/2025
Medicare Part B Secondary Payer Post-Pay Overpayments
During this webinar, providers and office staff members will learn about the Medicare Part B overpayments and the appropriate steps for reporting Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) overpayments. NGS MSP subject-matter experts will be on hand to [...]
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Posting Date: 04/17/2025
Using the Medicare Coverage Database: How to Find Important Medicare Coverage Information
Are you responsible for looking up whether a service is covered in the Medicare Program at your facility but you're not sure where to look for the most relevant information? As a healthcare provider, you are responsible for understanding [...]
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Posting Date: 04/17/2025
Medicare Secondary Payer: Let’s Chat About Preparing MSP and Conditional Claims
Were you unable to attend our Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) and/or Conditional Billing webinars in January and February? Do you have questions about these topics? If so, join us for this "Let's Chat" session! You may ask questions [...]
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Posting Date: 04/17/2025
Learn Over Lunch-NGSConnex Introduction
Are you considering utilizing NGSConnex and want to learn more about this portal? During this brief webinar, we will provide an overview of NGSConnex and all it has to offer.
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Posting Date: 07/07/2021
MSP Right Hand
Helpful Resources BCRC Contact Information Note: Providers should not contact the BCRC to set up new MSP records. Instead, report MSP coding on your MSP and conditional claims. Providers should not contact the BCRC to correct MSP records to [...]
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