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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: 03/14/2025
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: 03/28/2025
Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities: Preparing and Submitting Compliant Claims to Medicare
In this session, we will review Medicare's general inpatient billing requirements for Inpatient Psychiatric Facility's including bill types, billing frequency, interim billing, benefits exhaust billing, billing for electroconvulsive therapy [...]
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Posting Date: 04/02/2025
Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing
Did you know that skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are responsible for paying outside entities for most services provided to beneficiaries while they are in a covered Part A stay and for certain services for Part B beneficiaries? Streamline [...]
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Posting Date: 03/18/2025
NGSConnex-Account Management
Do you need assistance with login issues and account suspensions? Do you know who your Local Security Officer is and what they are responsible for? We will also review how to edit the user profile and updating access within the portal. After [...]
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Posting Date: 04/04/2025
NGSConnex-Account Management
Do you need assistance with login issues and account suspensions? Do you know who your Local Security Officer is and what they are responsible for? We will also review how to edit the user profile and updating access within the portal. After [...]
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Posting Date: 04/08/2025
Introduction to Medicare Part I
Join us for Introduction to Medicare Part I, if you are a new provider/staff member or need a refresher in the Medicare Part B Program. Topics include Jurisdictions, NGS Website, Medicare Enrollment, Electronic Billing, Medicare Compliance, [...]
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Posting Date: 03/26/2025
Medicare Part B Ambulance Coverage, Basics and Billing
During this webinar, we'll educate new staff or those needing a refresher on basic Medicare Part B ambulance billing guidelines.
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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
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. [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
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. [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
Rural Health Clinic Billing Basics
This webinar will provide a detailed overview of the Medicare billing requirements for rural health clinics (RHC), including the definition of a qualifying visit, locations where billable RHC services can occur, claim coding guidelines and [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
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 [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
NGSConnex: Local Security Officer Overview, Access and Navigation
This webinar is geared toward all lines of business for those who will be a Local Security Officer (LSO) in the NGSConnex portal. Come join us and see how NGSConnex can make your life a little easier. We'll review the responsibilities of an [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
NGSConnex: Standard User Overview, Access and Navigation
This webinar is geared toward all lines of business for 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 [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
Medicare Part B Preventive Services: Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity and Depression Screening
During this webinar, we'll review the Medicare coverage, coding and billing guidelines for intensive behavioral therapy for obesity and screening for depression in adults.
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
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: 03/11/2025
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: 03/24/2025
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: 03/11/2025
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: 02/26/2025
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: 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: 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: 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: 03/21/2025
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: 03/20/2025
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: 03/18/2025
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
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: 03/26/2025
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: 03/12/2025
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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Posting Date: 02/27/2025
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 [...]
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Posting Date: 03/13/2025
Mastering Critical Access Hospital Outpatient Billing
During this webinar, we’ll provide basic billing instructions for outpatient services in a Critical Access Hospital (CAC) including Method I and Method II payment methods.
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Posting Date: 03/20/2025
Repetitive Scheduled Non-Emergent Ambulance Transports Prior Authorization
Attention All Independent Ambulance Suppliers! If you are providing repetitive, scheduled, non-emergent ambulance transports (RSNAT), you'll want to attend this webinar. Join us to learn everything you need to know about the RSNAT program.
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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
Using Third Party Billing Companies
Medicare providers frequently outsource their billing, financial and enrollment services. During this webinar, we’ll highlight the need to contract with CMS-approved entities and ensure these contracts include measures to protect personally [...]
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Posting Date: 03/26/2025
NGSConnex: Part B Redetermination Electronic Notification Letters
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: 03/25/2025
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: 04/02/2025
Navigating Skilled Nursing Facility Inpatient Billing Situations
During this session, we’ll explore how to properly bill situations that occur with skilled nursing facility inpatients such as; when the beneficiary did not meet the technical or medical requirements for coverage, has insurance primary to [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
Lets Chat about Federally Qualified Health Center Billing and Reimbursement
Need answers on FQHC billing and reimbursement without attending a full training? Join our 30-minute "Let's Chat" session. This informal discussion allows providers to engage with our Provider Outreach and Education team. You are encouraged to [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
Lets Chat about Federally Qualified Health Center Billing and Reimbursement
Need answers on FQHC billing and reimbursement without attending a full training? Join our 30-minute "Let's Chat" session. This informal discussion allows providers to engage with our Provider Outreach and Education team. You are encouraged to [...]
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Posting Date: 03/31/2025
Lets Chat about Federally Qualified Health Center Billing and Reimbursement
Need answers on FQHC billing and reimbursement without attending a full training? Join our 30-minute "Let's Chat" session. This informal discussion allows providers to engage with our Provider Outreach and Education team. You are encouraged to [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
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 [...]
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Posting Date: 04/07/2025
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: 04/07/2025
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: 04/07/2025
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: 04/07/2025
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.
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Posting Date: 04/09/2025
Acute Care Hospitals: Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (CMS-R-131 Form) for Outpatient Services
Acute care hospitals: Do you understand when and how to issue an Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) for outpatient services? Join this session to learn more about the voluntary and mandatory ABN, three payment liability conditions, [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
Critical Access Hospitals: Preparing and Submitting Compliant Inpatient Claims to Medicare
In this webinar, critical access hospitals (CAHs) will learn how to properly prepare inpatient claims for submission to Medicare. We will review Medicare inpatient hospital benefit days, the Medicare benefit period, the applicable fields of [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 11, 2025
MLN Connects® Newsletter: April 11, 2025 News Dr. Mehmet Oz Shares Vision for CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program: March 2025 Confidential Feedback Reports Skilled Nursing Facilities: Revalidation Deadline is May 1 [...]
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Posting Date: 03/28/2025
Call Center Planned Outage Status
Call Center Planned Outage Offline Friday, 4/25/2025
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Posting Date: 05/25/2022
Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Member Name Group Email Aldrich, Elizabeth IPW (Independent Physicians of Wisconsin), Allen Family Practice ealdrich@ipw-offices.org Anderson, Benita Aurora Health Care Benita.Anderson@aurora.org [...]
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Posting Date: 04/08/2025
Upcoming Annual Logon ID Recertification for Minnesota Region
Upcoming Annual Logon ID Recertification for Minnesota Region All users who access the FISS DDE system are required by the CMS to recertify their access annually. National Government Services will designate one state at a time to complete the [...]
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Posting Date: 04/09/2025
Part A Top Reason Code changes
Part A Top Reason Code changes National Government Services, Inc. updates the Top Claim Errors on our website each quarter to ensure our Part A providers have the latest information on top claim errors including denials, return to provider, [...]
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