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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posting Date: 02/27/2025
NGSConnex: Claims and Medical Review Additional Documentation Requests
In NGSConnex, you have the ability to check the status of claims that have been selected for claim or medical review additional documentation requests (ADRs) in the last forty-five days for the provider selected. The ADR summary will show if [...]
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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.
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Posting Date: 02/27/2025
NGSConnex Part B Claim Submissions and Claim Status Inquiry
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 information including how to initiate a Part B claim, how to use the copy claim feature, [...]
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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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Posting Date: 03/25/2025
Proper Part B Claim Submissions
This webinar is intended to educate providers and office staff members on how to complete a clean claim to avoid claim rejections, developments or denials. We will guide you through the CMS-1500 claim form and the electronic equivalent loops [...]
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Posting Date: 03/25/2025
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posting Date: 04/03/2025
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 and receive [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posting Date: 04/03/2025
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 and [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
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 the proper modifiers to use to avoid denials. There will be time for your questions [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
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: 04/07/2025
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: 04/07/2025
Provider Enrollment: Completing the CMS-855I Paper Application
During this webinar, we’ll provide an understanding of how to complete the CMS-855I provider enrollment paper application for a group member, sole proprietor or sole owner and we’ll also focus on reassigning Medicare benefits.
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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 [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
Getting Access to PECOS
During this webinar, we’ll discuss how to obtain access to the Internet-based Provider Enrollment Chain & Ownership System (PECOS) and gain connection to provider enrollment record as well as understand other Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...]
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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 [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
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 [...]
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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.
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
Provider Enrollment: Completing the CMS-855A Paper Application
During this webinar, we’ll provide an understanding of how to complete the CMS-855A provider enrollment paper application.
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
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.
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Posting Date: 05/12/2023
NGSConnex: Initiating and Checking Status of Reconsiderations
Did you know that you can save time and money by requesting a reconsideration via NGSConnex? When you submit reconsideration requests electronically using NGSConnex, you no longer need to complete a form, copy documentation and waste time with [...]
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
About PC-ACE
About PC-ACE The National Government Services PC-ACE free billing software is available for NGS J6 and JK providers only. If you are not a J6 or JK provider, the free billing software must be obtained from your MAC. PC-ACE is a [...]
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
PCACE Full Install Text - ALOB
Version 6.6 (Institutional and Professional) PC-ACE users
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
PCACE Upgrade Text - ALOB
Version 6.6 (Institutional and Professional) PC-ACE users
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
About PC-ACE
About PC-ACE The National Government Services PC-ACE free billing software is available for NGS J6 and JK providers only. If you are not a J6 or JK provider, the free billing software must be obtained from your MAC. PC-ACE is a stand-alone [...]
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Posting Date: 01/03/2024
PCACE Download Text - ALOB
The installation code to run the full install or the upgrade for PC-ACE is: NGSMAC1 Important Warning: For PC-ACE version 6.6 updated version: please be patient and allow the full install or update complete. It is important that you do not [...]
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Posting Date: 03/11/2025
New Version of PC-ACE: April 2025
New Version of PC-ACE: April 2025 PC-ACE Version 6.6 contains several CMS mandates and product enhancements including but not limited to the items listed below. 13891 – Implement Operating Rules – Phase III Electronic Remittance Advice [...]
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Posting Date: 06/07/2024
Exemption Process for the Prior Authorization Program for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a prior authorization program for certain hospital outpatient department (OPD) services for date of service (DOS) on or after 7/1/2020 and subsequently added an exemption process. [...]
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Posting Date: 02/17/2025
Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage Basics
During this session, attendees will learn about Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility coverage, including Swing Beds. Topics will include the technical and medical requirements for inpatient services, what services can be considered for coverage as [...]
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Posting Date: 01/30/2025
Long-Term Care Hospitals: Interruptions
To prevent return to provider (RTP) claims, join us for this webinar in which we will review “three-day or less interruptions” as well as “greater than three-day interruptions” in a beneficiary’s long term care hospital (LTCH) stay, how to [...]
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Posting Date: 02/11/2025
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.
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Posting Date: 01/29/2025
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.
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Posting Date: 01/17/2025
Prior Authorization for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services – Facet Joint Interventions
In this webinar, the Prior Authorization team will provide information about one of the eight hospital Outpatient Department services (OPD), Facet Joint Interventions (FJI). This webinar will address the medical necessity and general [...]
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Posting Date: 02/13/2025
Acute Care Hospitals: A Peek Inside the Three-Day Payment Window
To prevent return to provider (RTP) claims, join us for this webinar in which we will review the three-day payment window policy (a.k.a. bundling, preadmission services, diagnosis-related group [DRG] window, 72-hour rule) and provide billing [...]
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Posting Date: 01/28/2025
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. Note: registration has reached maximum [...]
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Posting Date: 01/23/2025
Provider Enrollment: Initially Enrolling a Dentist in the Medicare Program
During this webinar, we’ll address the Medicare dental specialty codes and provide an overview of how to enroll using Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) as well as using the CMS-855I paper application. This session is [...]
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Posting Date: 02/14/2025
Provider Enrollment: Initially Enrolling a Dentist in the Medicare Program
During this webinar, we’ll address the Medicare dental specialty codes and provide an overview of how to enroll using Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) as well as using the CMS-855I paper application. This session is [...]
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Posting Date: 01/13/2025
Prior Authorization for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services – The Exemption Process
In this webinar, the Exemption Team will compare the standard prior authorization review process to the exemption process with a focus on how to gain exemption status and remain exempt through the post pay claim review process.
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Posting Date: 01/13/2025
Prior Authorization for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services – General PA
Join us for this general webinar about Prior Authorization for certain Hospital Outpatient Department (OPD) services. This webinar will have a non-clinical focus with emphasis on general requirements as listed in the OPD Operational Guide.
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Posting Date: 01/16/2025
Let’s Chat: Prior Authorization for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services
This Let’s Chat session focuses on Prior Authorization for certain hospital outpatient department (OPD) services and is an informal opportunity for you to chat with our staff about the selected topic. During the session, you may ask us [...]
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Posting Date: 01/16/2025
Let’s Chat: Prior Authorization for Certain Hospital Outpatient Department Services
This Let’s Chat session focuses on Prior Authorization for certain hospital outpatient department (OPD) services and is an informal opportunity for you to chat with our staff about the selected topic. During the session, you may ask us [...]
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Posting Date: 01/29/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Notifications
Beginning in March 2025, National Government Services will discontinue mailing paper Medicare Redetermination Notices (MRNs) when Part B redetermination requests are submitted through NGSConnex. During this webinar, we’ll share information and [...]
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Posting Date: 01/29/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Notifications
Beginning in March 2025, National Government Services will discontinue mailing paper Medicare Redetermination Notices (MRNs) when Part B redetermination requests are submitted through NGSConnex. During this webinar, we’ll share information and [...]
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Posting Date: 01/29/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Notifications
Beginning in March 2025, National Government Services will discontinue mailing paper Medicare Redetermination Notices (MRNs) when Part B redetermination requests are submitted through NGSConnex. During this webinar, we’ll share information and [...]
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Posting Date: 02/24/2025
The National Correct Coding Initiatives Procedure-to-Procedure and Medically Unlikely Edits
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 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 [...]
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Posting Date: 02/19/2025
Part B Medicare Administrative Contractor Overview and Coverage for Dental Services
Medicare covers a limited number of dental services. The purpose of this webinar is to familiarize dental providers with National Government Services (NGS) and Medicare Part B dental coverage. Discussion will include an overview of the NGS [...]
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Posting Date: 02/04/2025
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database
Medicare offers several tools to help providers bill their services. Many questions you have can be answered by learning how to access and use the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database. We hope you'll join us for an overview of this database.
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Posting Date: 01/29/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Notifications
Beginning in March 2025, National Government Services will discontinue mailing paper Medicare Redetermination Notices (MRNs) when Part B redetermination requests are submitted through NGSConnex. During this webinar, we’ll share information and [...]
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Posting Date: 01/30/2025
Preventive Services: Screening for Cardiovascular Disease and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
During this webinar, we'll review the coverage, coding and billing guidelines for cardiovascular disease (CVD) screening blood tests, intensive behavioral therapy for CVD and ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm preventive services.
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