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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: 04/09/2025
Acute Care Hospitals: Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (CMS-R-131 Form) for Outpatient Services
Acute care hospitals: Do you understand when and how to issue an Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) for outpatient services? Join this session to learn more about the voluntary and mandatory ABN, three payment liability conditions, [...]
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Posting Date: 04/10/2025
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 [...]
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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: 04/10/2025
Benefits of Quitting Tobacco
Benefits of Quitting Tobacco Quitting tobacco use in any form is one of the most important actions people can take to improve their health. This is true regardless of their age or how long they have been using tobacco products. While quitting [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
Medicare Compliance With the Incident To Provision
Do you have nonphysician practitioners that are, or could be, providing services incident to the physicians in the practice? Are you following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations for this program? Staying compliant [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
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 you're [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
Laboratory Part B Billing
During this webinar, we'll review the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services billing requirements for laboratory and pathology services and includes appropriate modifier usage when submitting claims for laboratory/pathology services. There [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
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: 04/11/2025
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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