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Posting Date: 02/26/2025

What is the Part A Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Group and How Can You Help?

Each of our Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Groups (POE AG) is a primary communication vehicle between the provider community and National Government Services. Our POE AG members serve as a provider education resource to our POE [...]

Posting Date: 03/03/2025

Billing Telehealth in Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Centers

During this webinar, we’ll provide you with insight into covered Medicare telehealth services and coverage requirements for federally qualified health center (FQHC) and rural health clinic (RHC) providers. We’ll discuss originating sites, [...]

Posting Date: 02/18/2025

Outpatient Psychotherapy Services: A Focus on Coverage and Documentation Requirements

Outpatient psychotherapy services are being reviewed as part of our Part A Medical Review Targeted Probe and Educate program. This session will provide a high-level overview of outpatient psychotherapy services with a focus on coverage and [...]

Posting Date: 03/11/2025

Medicare Overpayment Process

Ensure that you are compliant and avoid financial penalties by understanding the Medicare overpayment regulations. This session will focus on identifying overpayments, using the proper forms and procedures, the timelines for repayment and the [...]

Posting Date: 02/27/2025

Skilled Nursing Facility Billing Basics

This session will focus on the basics of skilled nursing facility (SNF) inpatient billing, including the required fields on SNF claims, timeframes for claim submission and how proper billing impacts payment.

Posting Date: 03/18/2025

Targeted Probe and Educate: Where to Find the Information Needed for a Successful Review

Do you know where to look on our website for current Part A Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) topics? Are you receiving claim denials for TPE reviews and need more resources? Join us for a session where we will dive into our website to show you [...]

Posting Date: 03/05/2025

The Initial Preventive Physical Examination: 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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/25/2025

Rural Health Clinic Coverage and Payment

This session is focused on the basics of rural health clinics (RHCs) – requirements to be an RHC, what types of Medicare services are covered and non-covered in this facility type and an overview of how RHCs are reimbursed. Helpful resources [...]

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

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 proper modifiers to use to avoid denials. There will be time for your questions [...]

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

Medicare Secondary Payer Payment Methodology

Please join us for this learning session on how MSP payments are calculated. It’s essential for providers and their staff members to be able to determine the beneficiary’s responsibility to ensure that claims are being submitted to the Medicare [...]

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/21/2025

Podiatry Services - Routine Foot Care and Debridement of Nails

While the Medicare Program generally excludes routine foot care services from coverage, there are specific indications or exceptions under which there are program benefits. Medicare payment may be made for routine foot care when the patient has [...]

Posting Date: 03/18/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

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.

Posting Date: 03/31/2025

Medicare Part B Drugs and Biologicals

Medicare Part B covers certain drugs and biologicals, which require specific billing guidelines. During this webinar, we’ll assist NGS Part B providers in navigating proper billing for these services. There will be time following the [...]

Posting Date: 03/18/2025

PECOS: View and Manage Reassignments through Group Enrollment

During this webinar, we’ll provide an understanding of how to view and manage reassignments through the group enrollment in Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS), including to add or terminate reassignments. Individual [...]

Posting Date: 03/14/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/14/2025

PECOS: Manage Signatures and Additional Information Requests

During this webinar, we’ll give direction for the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) application on understanding how to manage signatures and respond to additional information request from submitted applications.