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Posting Date: 04/04/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 04/08/2025

Introduction to Medicare Part I

Join us for Introduction to Medicare Part I, if you are a new provider/staff member or need a refresher in the Medicare Part B Program. Topics include Jurisdictions, NGS Website, Medicare Enrollment, Electronic Billing, Medicare Compliance, [...]

Posting Date: 03/26/2025

Medicare Part B Ambulance Coverage, Basics and Billing

During this webinar, we'll educate new staff or those needing a refresher on basic Medicare Part B ambulance billing guidelines.

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

The Medicare Appeals Process: What You Need to Know

This informative session will help you navigate Medicare’s appeals process by providing information on what an appeal is, how to determine if a claim can be appealed, who may file an appeal, the appeal levels, timeframes and documentation [...]

Posting Date: 04/07/2025

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'll review the responsibilities of an [...]

Posting Date: 04/07/2025

NGSConnex: Standard User Overview, Access and Navigation

This webinar is geared toward all lines of business for 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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/11/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/24/2025

Opioid Treatment Program

An opioid treatment program (OTP) is a clinic offering medication-assisted treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. During this webinar, we’ll review background and coverage details, including key billing requirements for proper [...]

Posting Date: 03/11/2025

Steps to Claim Corrections

This webinar includes the top continuous errors we find at National Government Services with claim submissions. Join us to learn how to correct your claims. We will also include an interactive segment on the different claim scenarios that cause [...]

Posting Date: 02/26/2025

What is the Part A Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Group and How Can You Help?

Each of our Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Groups (POE AG) is a primary communication vehicle between the provider community and National Government Services. Our POE AG members serve as a provider education resource to our POE [...]

Posting Date: 03/03/2025

Billing Telehealth in Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Centers

During this webinar, we’ll provide you with insight into covered Medicare telehealth services and coverage requirements for federally qualified health center (FQHC) and rural health clinic (RHC) providers. We’ll discuss originating sites, [...]

Posting Date: 03/25/2025

Rural Health Clinic Coverage and Payment

This session is focused on the basics of rural health clinics (RHCs) – requirements to be an RHC, what types of Medicare services are covered and non-covered in this facility type and an overview of how RHCs are reimbursed. Helpful resources [...]

Posting Date: 02/18/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/11/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

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'll also review proper modifiers to use to avoid denials. There will be time for your questions [...]

Posting Date: 03/21/2025

Podiatry Services - Routine Foot Care and Debridement of Nails

While the Medicare Program generally excludes routine foot care services from coverage, there are specific indications or exceptions under which there are program benefits. Medicare payment may be made for routine foot care when the patient has [...]

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

Medicare Secondary Payer Payment Methodology

Please join us for this learning session on how MSP payments are calculated. It’s essential for providers and their staff members to be able to determine the beneficiary’s responsibility to ensure that claims are being submitted to the Medicare [...]

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

How to Avoid Duplicate Claims

Duplicate denials continue to be one of the top billing errors. Unnecessary duplicate filing of Medicare claims cost the provider's office valuable time and resources, as well as Medicare's time and money to process them. Please join us for [...]

Posting Date: 03/18/2025

PECOS: View and Manage Reassignments through Group Enrollment

During this webinar, we’ll provide an understanding of how to view and manage reassignments through the group enrollment in Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS), including to add or terminate reassignments. Individual [...]

Posting Date: 03/14/2025

PECOS: Manage Signatures and Additional Information Requests

During this webinar, we’ll give direction for the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) application on understanding how to manage signatures and respond to additional information request from submitted applications.

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

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 submit a [...]

Posting Date: 03/26/2025

Provider Enrollment: Completing the CMS-855B Paper Application

During this webinar, we'll provide an understanding of how to complete the CMS-855B provider enrollment paper application for a clinic, group or supplier.

Posting Date: 03/12/2025

Understanding the Federally Qualified Health Center Medicare Advantage Supplemental Payments

During this webinar, we’ll equip participants with a clear understanding of the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Medicare Advantage Supplemental Payment Program and guide participants through the necessary steps to set up and bill for [...]

Posting Date: 03/19/2025

Understanding the Partial Hospitalization Program Basics: Part 1 Medicare Coverage

Join us to learn about Medicare coverage of Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) services. This is part 1 of a 2-part session. The second session “Understanding the Partial Hospitalization Program: Part 2 Medicare Billing” will be conducted on [...]

Posting Date: 03/19/2025

Understanding the Partial Hospitalization Program Basics: Part 2 Medicare Billing

Join us to learn about Medicare billing of Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) services. This is part 2 of a 2-part session. The first session “Understanding the Partial Hospitalization Program: Part 1 Medicare Coverage” will be conducted on [...]

Posting Date: 03/13/2025

Mastering Critical Access Hospital Outpatient Billing

During this webinar, we’ll provide basic billing instructions for outpatient services in a Critical Access Hospital (CAC) including Method I and Method II payment methods.

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

Repetitive Scheduled Non-Emergent Ambulance Transports Prior Authorization

Attention All Independent Ambulance Suppliers! If you are providing repetitive, scheduled, non-emergent ambulance transports (RSNAT), you'll want to attend this webinar. Join us to learn everything you need to know about the RSNAT program.

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

Using Third Party Billing Companies

Medicare providers frequently outsource their billing, financial and enrollment services. During this webinar, we’ll highlight the need to contract with CMS-approved entities and ensure these contracts include measures to protect personally [...]

Posting Date: 03/26/2025

NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Electronic Notification Letters

National Government Services will discontinue mailing paper Medicare Redetermination Notices (MRNs) when Part B redetermination requests are submitted through NGSConnex beginning in March 2025. During this webinar, we’ll share information and [...]

Posting Date: 03/25/2025

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.

Posting Date: 04/02/2025

Navigating Skilled Nursing Facility Inpatient Billing Situations

During this session, we’ll explore how to properly bill situations that occur with skilled nursing facility inpatients such as; when the beneficiary did not meet the technical or medical requirements for coverage, has insurance primary to [...]

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

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 encouraged to [...]

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

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 encouraged to [...]

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

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 encouraged to [...]

Posting Date: 04/07/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 04/07/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 04/07/2025

Let's Chat About Provider Enrollment

During this session, you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions about all aspects of provider enrollment. Answers will be provided by a panel of subject-matter experts. As this is a question-and-answer session, there is no presentation available.

Posting Date: 04/11/2025

Critical Access Hospitals: Preparing and Submitting Compliant Inpatient Claims to Medicare

In this webinar, critical access hospitals (CAHs) will learn how to properly prepare inpatient claims for submission to Medicare. We will review Medicare inpatient hospital benefit days, the Medicare benefit period, the applicable fields of [...]

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 [...]

Posting Date: 05/25/2022

Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin

Member Name Group Email Aldrich, Elizabeth IPW (Independent Physicians of Wisconsin), Allen Family Practice ealdrich@ipw-offices.org Anderson, Benita Aurora Health Care Benita.Anderson@aurora.org [...]

Posting Date: 04/08/2025

Upcoming Annual Logon ID Recertification for Minnesota Region

Upcoming Annual Logon ID Recertification for Minnesota Region 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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Posting Date: 05/30/2024

ABF - Promo 1 (Think Green Go Paperless)

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Posting Date: 04/10/2025

NGSConnex: Appeals, Clerical Error Reopenings and Prior Authorization Request

This webinar is geared toward Part B providers who bill to Medicare on a CMS-1500 form. Did you ever wonder what you need to do when a claim denies, or if you made a clerical error on a claim? What about the time it takes to mail additional [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

NGSConnex: Claim Status and Details, Remittance Advice and Submitting General Inquiries

We aim to help providers maximize the benefits of NGSConnex, particularly in claims review. NGSConnex provides an in-depth view of claims submitted to and adjudicated by National Government Services. During this webinar, we’ll highlight its [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

NGSConnex: Claim Status and Details, Remittance Advice and Submitting General Inquiries

We aim to help providers maximize the benefits of NGSConnex, particularly in claims review. NGSConnex provides an in-depth view of claims submitted to and adjudicated by National Government Services. During this webinar, we’ll highlight its [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

NGSConnex: Part B Financial Information

If you manage finances for a Medicare Part B provider practice, NGSConnex offers valuable tools for organizing and settling payments, including overpayments. Local Security Officers can also access and print electronic versions of 1099 forms. [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

NGSConnex: Beneficiary Eligibility, Look Up and MBI Look Up

This webinar is geared toward all lines of business. Knowing if your patient is Medicare-eligible is important for correct claims processing. Please join us for this NGSConnex portal webinar where we will review beneficiary eligibility and look [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

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 (NPPES), and [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

Overview of Evaluation and Management Services

We've seen major changes to the evaluation and management code set over the last few years. In 2021, the AMA implemented changes to the office/other outpatient services codes. After working with those changes for two years the next phase was [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

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.

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

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 document [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

Using NGSConnex to Prevent Eligibility Denials and Rejections

During this webinar, we'll examine common eligibility denials and rejections for National Government Services Part B claims and provide strategies from NGSConnex to prevent them in future submissions. There will be time following the [...]

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

Medicare Review Contractors

During this webinar, we'll assist Medicare providers with knowing the difference between the Medicare review contractors and understanding their role in the Medicare review process. We'll discuss the Supplemental Medical Review Contractor [...]