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 documentation guidelines for tobacco use counseling for outpatient and hospitalized beneficiaries will also be covered. National Government Services (NGS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) resources will be provided and a brief question and answer period will be offered at the end of the session.

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 provider enrollment electronic application.

Provider Outreach and Education is hosting a two-part home health (HH) billing series. Part one will focus on what you need to know before billing, verifying eligibility and the required fields to properly submit the Notice of Admission (NOA). This session is geared toward new billers or any home health agency (HHA) staff new to HH that may benefit from billing education. There will be time for questions and answers following the presentation.