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Posting Date: 01/24/2025

Medicare Secondary Payer: Preparing and Submitting Claims (Examples) – Part 2

Join us for Part 2 of a two-part webinar. In Part 2, we will briefly recap the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP). Claim coding and billing instructions we reviewed in Part 1. We will then focus on reviewing examples of MSP claims. Be sure you are [...]

Posting Date: 01/22/2025

Medicare Secondary Payer: Preparing and Submitting Claims – Part 1

Join us for Part 1 of a two-part webinar. In Part 1, we will review Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) claim coding and how to prepare/submit an MSP claim. This includes a review of the claim entry pages in the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System [...]

Posting Date: 01/10/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 01/02/2025

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: 01/10/2025

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.

Posting Date: 01/02/2025

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.

Posting Date: 01/06/2025

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.

Posting Date: 01/07/2025

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.

Posting Date: 01/07/2025

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities: Three-Day or Less Interruptions

To prevent return to provider (RTP) claims, join us for this webinar in which we will review “three-day or less interruptions” in a beneficiary’s inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) stay, how to count the interruption days, how to report [...]

Posting Date: 01/07/2025

Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities: Three-Day or Less Interruptions

To prevent return to provider (RTP) claims, join us for this webinar in which we will review “three-day or less interruptions” in a beneficiary’s inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) stay, how to count the interruption days, how to report [...]

Posting Date: 01/03/2025

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 Mediacre & Medicaid [...]

Posting Date: 01/10/2025

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.

Posting Date: 01/28/2025

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? Have you received national coverage determination (NCD) or local [...]

Posting Date: 02/07/2025

The Medicare Appeals Process: What You Need to Know

This informative session will help you navigate Medicare’s appeals process by providing information on what an appeal is, how to determine if a claim can be appealed, who may file an appeal, the appeal levels, timeframes and documentation [...]

Posting Date: 01/16/2025

Preventive Services Overview

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 a [...]

Posting Date: 01/02/2025

Preventive Services: Flu and PPV Vaccines

During this webinar, we will review the coverage, coding and billing guidelines under Medicare Part B for Influenza and Pneumococcal Pneumonia Virus vaccinations.

Posting Date: 01/21/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 01/17/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 01/24/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 03/06/2025

Home Health and Hospice New Provider Orientation

This webinar is designed for new home health and hospice agencies in an effort to provide essential information on: Doing business with National Government Services as your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), self-service tools to help [...]

Posting Date: 01/17/2025

Home Health Billing Part Two: The Period of Care Claim

Part two of this home health billing series focuses on the period of care claim, how reimbursement is determined under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model and review of the key billing requirements for claim billing. This session is a great [...]

Posting Date: 01/17/2025

Home Health Billing Part One: The Notice of Admission

Provider Outreach and Education is hosting a two-part home health 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 [...]

Posting Date: 01/17/2025

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 Mediacre & Medicaid [...]

Posting Date: 02/06/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 01/17/2025

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.

Posting Date: 01/17/2025

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.

Posting Date: 01/31/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 01/31/2025

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.

Posting Date: 02/17/2025

Medicare Secondary Payer: Preparing and Submitting Conditional Claims (Examples) – Part 2

Join us for Part 2 of a two-part webinar. In Part 2, we will briefly recap the conditional claim coding and billing instructions we reviewed in Part 1 (on 2/26/2025). We will then focus on reviewing examples of conditional claims. A conditional [...]

Posting Date: 02/14/2025

Medicare Secondary Payer: Preparing and Submitting Conditional Claims – Part 1

Join us for Part 1 of a two-part webinar. In Part 1, we review conditional claim coding and how to prepare/submit a conditional claim. This includes a review of the claim entry pages in the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System Direct Data Entry. [...]

Posting Date: 01/17/2025

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: 01/17/2025

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.

Posting Date: 01/21/2025

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: 01/17/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 01/09/2025

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: 01/09/2025

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: 01/31/2025

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: 01/24/2025

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: 01/23/2025

Medicare Secondary Payer Provisions Group and Nongroup Health Plans

Who pays first? This Medicare Secondary Payer learning session will be on the provisions of group health plans that include working aged, disability and end stage renal disease and nongroup health plans that include auto, liability, no-fault, [...]

Posting Date: 02/03/2025

Physical/Occupational Therapy Billing

Join us as we review billing guidelines for physical and occupational therapy. We'll review when to apply the KX modifier and the importance of appropriate medical documentation. National Government Services has a Local Coverage Determination [...]

Posting Date: 02/04/2025

Understanding the Reopening and Appeal Process Open Forum

National Government Services is committed to reducing provider burden associated with Medicare claim denials, reopenings and appeals. Filing an inquiry on a Medicare claim can be frustrating and costly to your organization. This delay in [...]

Posting Date: 02/12/2025

Quarterly Review of Top Part A 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 [...]

Posting Date: 02/06/2025

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 [...]

Posting Date: 02/20/2025

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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: 03/04/2025

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.

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 [...]

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: 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.

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: 03/20/2025

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: 03/18/2025

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: 03/14/2025

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: 03/20/2025

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 [...]