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 health care provider, you are responsible for understanding [...]

Learn About PECOS Web

Learn About PECOS Web Table of Contents CMS Provider Enrollment Systems Advantages of Online Enrollment Get Started Other Resources Get Access Password Requirements Multi-Factor Authentication Get Help [Return to [...]

Psychotherapy Services

Psychotherapy Services Medicare Regulations Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Internet-Only Manual (IOM) Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 6, Section 70.1 Local Coverage Determination (LCD): [...]

Contractor Advisory Committee Meeting

Contractor Advisory Committee Meeting As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, contractors are mandated to base an LCD on robust evidence. Part of the process is to convene SMEs as necessary to review the literature and provide input that [...]

Medicare Secondary Payer: A Review of the End-Stage Renal Disease with an Employer Group Health Plan Provision – Part 2

This is a two-part webinar; we suggest you attend both parts. In Part 1 on 7/29/2025, we will review the End-Stage Renal Disease with an EGHP Medicare Secondary Payer provision as it applies to patients eligible for Medicare based solely on [...]

Get PECOS Access to Maintain Medicare Provider Enrollment Records

Get PECOS Access to Maintain Medicare Provider Enrollment Records Do you need to work on behalf of an individual provider and/or entity to update or submit Medicare enrollment information electronically through PECOS? There are certain [...]

Get PECOS Access to Maintain Medicare Provider Enrollment Records

Get PECOS Access to Maintain Medicare Provider Enrollment Records Do you need to work on behalf of an individual provider and/or entity to update or submit Medicare enrollment information electronically through PECOS? There are certain [...]

APPLICATION STATUS: Where can I find the status of a submitted application?

APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION STATUS: The status of my application is approval recommendation, how can I verify if the state agency or CMS has completed their process?

APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION STATUS: Whom can I contact for questions about an application in approval recommendation status?

REVALIDATION: Do I need to revalidate if it has not been five years since my last revalidation?

REVALIDATION: Do I need to revalidate if it has not been five years since my last revalidation?

REVALIDATION: How do I know I need to revalidate?

REVALIDATION: How do I know I need to revalidate?

REVALIDATION: Where is the revalidation notification letter sent?

REVALIDATION: Where is the revalidation notification letter sent?

SIGNATURES: Who signs the CMS applications and forms for an entity? (ex. 855A, 855B, 20134, 460, 588)

SIGNATURES: Who signs the CMS applications and forms for an entity? (ex. 855A, 855B, 20134, 460, 588)

SIGNATURES: Who signs the CMS applications and forms for an entity? (ex. 855A, 855B, 20134, 460, 588)

APPLICATION FEE: Who needs to pay an application fee?

CAH, FQHC and RHC Quarterly Top Claim Errors

Do you struggle with your claim denials, rejections and return to provider (RTP) claims? Do you want to be proactive in preventing unnecessary errors? Join us in a review of top claim errors for your provider type based on recent data analysis [...]

Hospice Top Claim Errors

Do you see the same rejections and return to provider over and over? Do you know how to correct the most common errors and more importantly how to avoid them in the future? In this session we’ll review the most common reason codes assigned to [...]

Long-Term Care Hospitals: Preparing and Submitting Compliant Inpatient Claims

In this webinar, we will review Medicare's general inpatient billing requirements for Long-Term Care Hospitals including bill types, billing frequency, interim billing, benefits exhaust billing, billing when claims are paid by Medicare [...]

Medicare Part B Targeted Probe and Educate Process

During this webinar, we’ll help the Medicare provider community understand the targeted probe and educate program.

Navigating the Recovery Auditor Contractor Process

National Government Services is partnering with Performant, the CMS Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for Region 1 and Region 2, to bring an insightful session about the RAC program to our provider community. This comprehensive overview will [...]

Upload Supporting Documents

Upload Supporting Documents Instructions for PECOS to upload required supporting documentation: Select the ‘Topic View’ tab Select “Required and/or Supporting Documents” Upload documents Mandatory for all provider/supplier types that [...]

Creating Application in PECOS

Creating Application in PECOS Instructions to create an application in PECOS: Login to PECOS My Associates Create Initial Enrollment Application Note: There will be a series of questions to determine application descriptions tailored to [...]

CERT Awareness Week Two - Steps to Take if You Get a CERT Documentation Request

CERT Awareness Week Two - Steps to Take if You Get a CERT Documentation Request  The Part A, Part B, DME, home health and hospice, and Railroad Board MACs are working together to promote the importance of complying with CERT documentation [...]

APPLICATION FEE: Who needs to pay an application fee?

APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION STATUS: Whom can I contact for questions about an application in approval recommendation status?

APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION STATUS: The status of my application is approval recommendation, how can I verify if the state agency or CMS has completed their process?

Medicare Part B Drugs and Biologicals

Medicare Part B covers certain drugs and biologicals, which require specific billing guidelines. During this webinar, we’ll assist NGS Part B providers in navigating proper billing for these services. There will be time following the [...]

Lets Chat about Federally Qualified Health Center Billing and Reimbursement

Need answers on FQHC billing and reimbursement without attending a full training? Join our 30-minute "Let's Chat" session. This informal discussion allows providers to engage with our Provider Outreach and Education team. You are [...]

Billing Telehealth Services for Part B Providers

During this webinar, we’ll provide you with insight into covered Medicare telehealth services and coverage requirements. We’ll discuss originating sites, distant sites and billing and payment guidelines.

Medicare Secondary Payer Provisions for Group and Nongroup Plans

Who pays first? This Medicare Secondary Payer learning session will be on the provisions of group health plans that include working aged, disability and end stage renal disease and nongroup health plans that include auto, liability, no-fault, [...]

The National Correct Coding Initiatives Procedure-to-Procedure and Medically Unlikely Edits

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 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 rate. If you [...]

Medicare Secondary Payer: A Review of the End-Stage Renal Disease with an Employer Group Health Plan Provision – Part 1

This is a two-part webinar; we suggest you attend both parts. In Part 1 on 7/29/2025, we will review the End-Stage Renal Disease with an EGHP Medicare Secondary Payer provision as it applies to patients eligible for Medicare based solely on [...]

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 [...]

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.