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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 [...]
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Posting Date: 03/18/2025
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: 03/11/2025
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: 03/11/2025
Steps to Claim Corrections
This webinar includes the top continuous errors we find at National Government Services with claim submissions. Join us to learn how to correct your claims. We will also include an interactive segment on the different claim scenarios that cause [...]
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Posting Date: 02/14/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Notifications
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: 02/14/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Notifications
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: 03/24/2025
Opioid Treatment Program
An opioid treatment program (OTP) is a clinic offering medication-assisted treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. During this webinar, we’ll review background and coverage details, including key billing requirements for proper [...]
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Posting Date: 03/04/2025
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: 03/12/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Notifications
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: 03/12/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Notifications
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: 02/25/2025
Chiropractic Billing and Documentation
During this webinar, we will discuss chiropractic coverage, coding guidelines and the importance of documentation in order to support billing for these services.
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
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: 03/14/2025
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: 03/26/2025
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.
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Posting Date: 03/14/2025
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: 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: 03/20/2025
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 [...]
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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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