Physicians/Practitioners! Are You Ordering Oxygen for Your Patients?

Physicians/Practitioners! Are You Ordering Oxygen for Your Patients? This is your opportunity to hear directly from the Medicare contractors regarding documentation required for coverage criteria to be met and allow your patients to receive [...]

Attention Illinois Medicare Providers: Stepping Into a New Era with Opioids - CDC Best Practices

Attention Illinois Medicare Providers: Stepping Into a New Era with Opioids - CDC Best Practices Presented by Telligen QIN-QIO As part of our continuing work together, National Government Services would like to make our providers aware of a [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 23, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 23, 2023     News Hospital Price Transparency: Progress and Commitment to Achieving Its Potential Home Infusion Therapy Services Monitoring Report Immunosuppressive Drugs: Comparative [...]

Changing Diagnosis Codes on Previously Processed Claims

Changing Diagnosis Codes on Previously Processed Claims National Government Services, is frequently asked about diagnosis code changes on claims that have already been processed. We hope this notification helps for a better understanding. [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 9, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 9, 2023     News DMEPOS: Get Benefit Category Determinations Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists: Update to List of National Certifying Bodies Help Address Heart Health [...]

2022 Calendar Year 1099 Form Information

2022 Calendar Year 1099 Form Information Medicare providers and beneficiaries, who are serviced by National Government Services, regardless of their location, will receive a single Part A and Part B combined Form 1099 from NGS for [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 2, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: February 2, 2023 News Aligning Quality Measures across CMS — The Universal Foundation Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System: Portal to Report is Open Skilled Nursing Facilities: Care Compare January [...]

Let's Chat About Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use

Let's Chat About Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use Do you have questions on how to bill Medicare for tobacco counseling? Join us on 1/24/2023 for the opportunity to ask questions about coverage and billing for Medicare’s preventative service [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: January 5, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: January 5, 2023 News COVID-19: Updated Vaccines for Children Ages Six Months – Five Years Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment: Request for Nominations Certificates of Medical Necessity and DME [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 15, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 15, 2022 News Opioid Treatment Programs: New Information for 2023 Part B Immunosuppressive Drug Benefit: Check Medicare Eligibility Home Health Quality Reporting Program: Get Final OASIS-E Instrument [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 1, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter: December 1, 2022 News CMS Urges Timely Patient Access to COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics Quality Payment Program: Preview Your Performance Information by December 20 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: CY 2023 [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 23, 2022

MLN Connects® Newsletter: November 23, 2022 News Colorectal Cancer Screening Test: Reduced Coinsurance for Related Procedures Begins January 1 Ambulance Fee Schedule: CY 2023 Inflation Factor & Productivity Adjustment Medicare [...]

Provider Enrollment: Reminder for Open Enrollment and Participation Agreement

Provider Enrollment: Reminder for Open Enrollment and Participation Agreement The 2023 Annual Participation Open Enrollment Period is approaching for another year. While this is an important time (from mid-November to December 31) for [...]

Billing New Monkeypox Vaccine and Laboratory Codes

Billing New Monkeypox Vaccine and Laboratory Codes On 7/23/2022, the WHO declared monkeypox a PHE. The HHS issued a statement regarding the Biden-Harris Administration’s actions to make vaccines, testing and treatments available. The AMA CPT [...]

The Medicare Essentials Virtual Conference

The Medicare Essentials Virtual Conference Are you new to working with Medicare or just need a refresher? The Medicare Essentials Virtual Conference, offers two pre-virtual sessions and eight sessions which provide a strong base for [...]

Home Health and Hospice Targeted Probe and Educate Resources

Home Health and Hospice Targeted Probe and Educate Resources It is imperative to keep up-to-date with all National Government Services JK and J6 HH+H TPE audit focus areas. This information can be located on the NGS website by first clicking [...]

National Government Services CAC Meeting Notice on Botulinum Toxins

National Government Services CAC Meeting Notice on Botulinum Toxins Information has been posted on our website in regards to the National Government Services l Contractor Advisory Committee Meeting regarding Botulinum Toxins to be [...]

MLN Connects® Newsletter: September 7, 2023

MLN Connects® Newsletter: September 7, 2023     News New Version of CMS.gov HHS Proposes Minimum Staffing Standards to Enhance Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes CMS Announces Resources and Flexibilities to Assist with [...]

5010 Bottom Page

Additional 5010 Resources Companion Document for 5010 Transactions: The standard companion guide trading partner information which provides instructions related to transactions based on ASC X12 Implementation Guides, version 005010. [...]

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