Global Period Services

Global Period Services Is it permissible for providers (physicians or NPPs) other than the primary surgeon to bill for preoperative or postoperative care within a global period? Answer: The global surgery fee is paid to the primary [...]

Understanding Medicare Fraud and Abuse

Learn about fraud and abuse affecting providers and your Medicare patients to increase your awareness of integrity issues and prevent potential fraudulent and abusive practices against the Medicare Program.

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 [...]

Provider Enrollment Revalidation Overview

During this webinar, learn about important changes in the revalidation process, how to determine Medicare enrollment revalidation due date and information to avoid disruption in Medicare billing.

The Annual Wellness Visit: Promoting Good Health Through Disease Prevention and Detection

Medicare covers many preventive services to keep your patients healthy. Preventive services can help find health problems early, when treatment works best, and can help keep your patients from getting certain diseases. Register today for an [...]

Four Reasons Patients Fear Quitting Tobacco

Four Reasons Patients Fear Quitting Tobacco Stress: If you rely on cigarettes to loosen up during your day, you might worry about losing this release valve. It’s essential to remember that using nicotine to relax is only a temporary fix and [...]

IDTF Procedure Codes (65 KB)

Prior Authorization CPT/HCPCS Code Inquiry Tool

Prior Authorization CPT/HCPCS Code Inquiry Tool

Prior Authorization CPT/HCPCS Code Inquiry Tool This is a self-service tool to allow ambulance service providers, hospital, or physician office staff responsible for submitting prior authorization requests (PARs), to determine if the [...]

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Avoiding/Correcting This Error To avoid this error: When submitting your Medicare primary claim, report the reason Medicare is primary using claim coding in Prevent an MSP Rejection on a Medicare Primary Claim. To correct this [...]

Skilled Nursing Facility and Swing Bed Quarterly Top Claim Errors

Do you struggle with your claim denials, rejections and return to provider (RTP) claims? Do you want to be proactive in preventing unnecessary errors? Join us in a review of top claim errors for your provider type based on recent data analysis. [...]

Hospital, CMHC, CORF/ORF and ESRD Facilities Quarterly Top Claim Errors

Do you struggle with your claim denials, rejections and return to provider (RTP) claims? Do you want to be proactive in preventing unnecessary errors? Join us in a review of top claim errors for your provider type based on recent data analysis. [...]

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 [...]

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.

Private Practice Physical/Occupational Therapy Billing

We invite you to join our informative webinar focused on billing guidelines for physical and occupational therapy in private practice. During this webinar, we'll review important topics such as the appropriate use of the KX modifier and the [...]

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.

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.

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, [...]

NGSConnex: Standard User Overview, Access and Navigation

This webinar is geared toward 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 registration, logging in, [...]

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 [...]