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Date | Audience Focus | Central Time (CT) | Mountain Time (MT) | Event Description | CEUs |
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Thursday, April 17, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:30 p.m. | Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) This webinar will provide an overview of Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) benefits, coverage requirements and billing guidelines. We will review basic guidelines as well as focus on Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) and medical review errors, and how to avoid those errors. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about CORF services and billing practices. | 1.5 |
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | Medicare Part B Updates - April 2025 This course is a review of the most recent Medicare updates and typically contains a wide variety of topics which include, but are not limited to, MAC initiatives, CMS initiatives, quarterly and annual updates, as well as preventive service reminders. | 1.5 |
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:00 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:00 p.m. | StayConnected: Implementing Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM) Guidelines The Care Management workshop series supports providers in staying connected with Medicare-covered care coordination services. This session will review Medicare’s guidelines for a new service that reflects the essential elements of advance primary care: Advance Primary Care Management (APCM). Join us to review the guidelines and components for this new service. We will discuss billing requirements and provide resources to assist in learning more. | 1.0 |
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Additions and Revisions This course will include new, revised and proposed local coverage determinations and billing and coding articles. We will review cervical fusion, biomarkers for oncology, cardiac rhythm device evaluation, immune globulin, pharmacogenomics testing and more. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:00 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:00 p.m. | StayConnected: Transitioning Patient Care Coordination The Care Management workshop series supports providers in staying connected with Medicare-covered care coordination services. Transitional care management (TCM) services are a critical component to bettering patient health outcomes by supporting care coordination and care continuity post facility discharge. During this webinar, we will review Medicare coverage and billing requirements for transitional care, identify types of providers who can render these services, address how to avoid common improper payment errors, and conclude with documentation guidance. | 1.0 |
Thursday, April 24, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | StayConnected: Integrating Chronic and Other Care Management Services into Patient Care The Care Management workshop series supports providers in staying connected with Medicare-covered care coordination services. This webinar will review chronic care management (CCM), principal care management (PCM), principal illness navigation (PIN) and community health integration (CHI) services which are intended to support patients with chronic conditions. We will define each service, outline patient and provider eligibility and review billing and coverage requirements. | 1.5 |
Thursday, April 24, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 10:30 a.m. End: 12:00 p.m. | Start: 9:30 a.m. End: 11:00 a.m. | Insider's Guide to Mitigating Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Errors The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program identifies improper payment rates to determine the national and Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) improper payment error rates. In this webinar, we will explain the CERT review process and review the significance of responding to documentation requests. We will also review the most frequent Part B improper payment errors including laboratory tests, cardiology and physical therapy services and share resources aimed at proactively avoiding these errors. | 1.5 |
Thursday, April 24, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:00 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:00 p.m. | StayConnected: Assessing and Managing Patient Cognitive Needs The Care Management workshop series supports providers in staying connected with Medicare-covered care coordination services. Medicare patients benefit from Cognitive Assessment & Care Plan Services (CACPS). A cognitive assessment affords the provider an opportunity to more thoroughly evaluate a patient's cognitive function and develop a care plan when signs of cognitive impairment are evident. During this webinar, we will define cognitive assessment and care plan services, identify patient and provider eligibility, and review billing, coverage and documentation requirements. | 1.0 |
Thursday, April 24, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 1:00 p.m. End: 2:30 p.m. | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Insider's Guide to Mitigating Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Errors The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program identifies improper payment rates to determine the national and Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) improper payment error rates. In this webinar, we will explain the CERT review process and review the significance of responding to documentation requests. We will also review the most frequent Part A improper payment errors, including inpatient hospital services and claims categorized under diagnosis-related group (DRG) coding. We will conclude with resources aimed at mitigating CERT errors. | 1.5 |
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 1:00 p.m. End: 2:30 p.m. | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Medicare Part A Updates - April 2025 This course is a review of the most recent Medicare updates and typically contains a wide variety of topics which include, but are not limited to, MAC initiatives, CMS initiatives, quarterly and annual updates, as well as preventive service reminders. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | Avoiding Part B Claim Errors: January 2025 - March 2025 This webinar will focus on the most frequent Part B rejected and denied claim errors. Join us as we review critical steps and resources to avoid common claim submission errors. Learn how to identify and prevent these claim errors. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 10:30 a.m. End: 12:00 p.m. | Start: 9:30 a.m. End: 11:00 a.m. | Medicare Navigator Provider Enrollment: Revalidating Medicare's Enrollment Information The Medicare Navigator Provider Enrollment series promotes compliance with initial enrollment, record maintenance and revalidation for a variety of Medicare facility, provider and supplier types. Our next event spotlights the Medicare revalidation process, including how to identify revalidation due dates, complete and submit a revalidation application, and monitor the processing status of the application once submitted. We will conclude with an overview of the new "stay of enrollment" status for non-responsive providers. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 1:00 p.m. End: 2:30 p.m. | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Medicare Navigator Coverage Policies: Importance of Medicare Coverage Policies The Medicare Navigator Coverage and Policy series is designed to review steps when searching, locating and reviewing Medicare guidelines. This webinar will provide an overview of the Medicare coverage policies. We'll review the National Coverage Determinations (NCDs), Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs), LCD Journey, and the FastTrack tool for locating Medicare policies. | 1.5 |
Thursday, May 1, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | Medicare Preventive Services: Vaccines The Preventive Services series identifies a variety of Medicare covered preventive services and provides an overview of coverage, patient eligibility, and billing requirements. Our next webinar in the series will review vaccinations, including influenza, pneumococcal, COVID-19 and hepatitis B vaccines. We will also provide an overview of roster billing. | 1.5 |
Thursday, May 1, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:00 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:00 p.m. | Medicare Navigator Fee Schedules: Identify Part B Reimbursement Rates This three-part Medicare Navigator webinar series is designed to provide a thorough examination of various Medicare fee schedules and how to effectively use them. We will begin this series by demonstrating how to successfully navigate the Novitas and First Coast provider websites to locate fee schedules and outline how to determine which fee schedule to use. | 1.0 |
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | Medicare Navigator Part B Claims: Billing Compliance The Medicare Navigator Part B Claims series supports providers billing on the CMS-1500 claim form (or electronic equivalent) with navigating the billing basics to performing post payment claim correction activities. CMS developed the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) program to promote national correct coding of Medicare Part B claims. This webinar will review the NCCI , which includes the procedure-to-procedure (PTP) editing, modifiers, add-on codes (AOCs), and medically unlikely edits (MUEs) editing. | 1.5 |
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:00 p.m. | Start: 10:00 a.m. End: 11:00 a.m. | DME A/B MAC Collaborative Surgical Dressings Webinar This is a collaborative event with the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) regarding Medicare’s criteria and coverage of surgical dressings. Representatives from all four DME MAC jurisdictions will review what is required in the medical records, orders, and related documentation to support coverage. | 0.0 |
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:30 p.m. | StayConnected: Outpatient Hospital Care (Emergency Department and Observation) Stay connected with Medicare Part B updates and requirements by attending the Evaluation and Management (E/M) workshop series. This webinar will review Medicare coverage guidelines for outpatient emergency department and observation hospital care services performed by physicians and nonphysician practitioners (NPP). We will highlight updated guidelines for "other" E/M visits, including combining hospital inpatient and observation care services into one E/M code family and discuss updated billing and documentation guidelines. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | Modifier of the Month: Surgical modifiers 54, 55, 56, 58, 78 and 79 The Modifier of the Month workshop series describes commonly used modifiers and outlines common billing scenarios for utilization. During this webinar, we will review the global surgery concept and provide an overview of modifier use to reflect procedures within the global surgery period. We will examine operative and surgical modifiers 54, 55, 56, 58, 78, and 79, including when to use them and explore the influence of these modifiers on Medicare reimbursement. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:30 p.m. | Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Coverage Requirements This webinar will review the coverage and documentation requirements for inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) services. We will examine common errors identified by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program and recent medical review activities and outline resources and best practices to improve compliance with Medicare program requirements for IRF services. | 1.5 |
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services Billing and Documentation Guidance This webinar will provide an overview of the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Medicare benefit. We will review the Part A and B provider's role in compliance, including meeting purposeful documentation requirements and avoiding improper billing errors commonly identified by the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program and Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) reviews. | 1.5 |
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:30 p.m. | Introduction to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System The outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) is a payment methodology that applies to all hospital outpatient departments and partial hospitalization services furnished by Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC). We will provide a background of the OPPS ambulatory payment classification group (APC). Our experts will share where to find the addendums associated to the the OPPS final rule, the payment window for services related to inpatient series. Additionally, we will share information about billing for certain facilities such as the CMHC. | 1.5 |
Monday, May 12, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:00 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:00 a.m. | StayConnected: Acupuncture and Chronic Pain Management and Treatment Services Stay connected with Medicare covered pain intervention options by attending our Pain Management workshop series. Medicare covers a variety of chronic pain management (CPM) interventions and treatments in support of promoting non-opioid pharmacological patient care. During this webinar, we will highlight Medicare coverage of acupuncture for chronic lower back pain and review chronic pain management (CPM) multimodal pain care. | 1.0 |
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | Medicare Navigator Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP): Preparing and Submitting Part A Claims The Medicare Navigator Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) series supports providers with identifying patient eligibility and billing services to the applicable insurer. During this Part A webinar, we will provider an overview of MSP program provisions and outline how to prepare and bill claims on the CMS-1450(UB-04) claim form (or electronic equivalent). | 1.5 |
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:30 p.m. | StayConnected: Trigger Point and Epidural Joint Injections for Pain Management Stay connected with the Medicare covered pain intervention options by attending our Pain Management workshop series. This session aims to present a comprehensive overview of trigger point injections and epidural steroid injections as interventions for pain management. We will examine the coverage guidelines, applicable indications, limitations, provider qualifications, utilization protocols, and essential documentation requirements associated with these injections. Additionally, we will share insights regarding medical review findings and offer guidance on best practices to mitigate potential issues. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | StayConnected: Anesthesia Billing and Documentation Guidance Stay connected with Medicare covered pain intervention options by attending our Pain Management workshop series. This event will offer a comprehensive overview of anesthesia coverage, billing practices, and essential documentation guidelines. We will examine a range of billing scenarios, anesthesia modifiers, the requirements for medical direction of concurrent cases, the calculation of time units, Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC), as well as issues related to improper payments and documentation errors. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:30 p.m. | Medicare Navigator Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP): Preparing and Submitting Part B Claims The Medicare Navigator Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) series supports providers with identifying patient eligibility and billing services to the applicable insurer. During this Part B webinar, we will provide an overview of MSP program provisions and outline how to prepare and bill claims on the CMS-1500 claim form (or electronic equivalent). | 1.5 |
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 10:00 a.m. End: 11:30 a.m. | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Understanding Therapy and Rehabilitation Services This event is designed for Part A outpatient facilities and Part B private practice providers who provide physical, occupational and speech language therapy services. We will discuss the basic coverage and documentation guidelines, therapy limitations and correct unit reporting. | 1.5 |
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:30 p.m. | StayConnected: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management Stay connected with Medicare covered pain intervention options by attending our Pain Management workshop series. This webinar will provide an overview of Medicare guidelines pertaining to facet joint interventions, addressing coverage criteria, eligible indications, restrictions, provider qualifications, billing practices, as well as essential documentation requirements. Additionally, we will emphasize the necessity of prior authorization for these services when administered in a hospital outpatient department setting. | 1.5 |
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Studies and Clinical Trials Medicare covers use of investigational, non-experimental devices under Investigational Device Exemptions (IDEs) when reasonable and necessary for diagnosis and treatment of an injury or illness or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member. IDEs allow devices for use in clinical studies to collect data required to support the pre-approval process for clinical trials and submission to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Under an agreement with the FDA, certain devices could be viewed as "reasonable and necessary" by Medicare and treatment covered if applicable Medicare coverage requirements are met. Through this course, we'll explore how to research IDEs and clinical trials by discussing the background of these programs, indication and limitations of coverage and categories of classes of IDEs. | 1.5 |
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 1:00 p.m. End: 2:30 p.m. | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Medicare Navigator Coverage and Policy: Understanding National Coverage Determinations (NCD) The Medicare Navigator Coverage and Policy series is designed to support providers with searching, locating and understanding Medicare coverage requirements. This webinar will provide an overview of national coverage determinations (NCD) and how they aid in determining reasonable and necessary criteria for a variety of services. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | Reviewing the Basics of Infusion and Hydration Services in an Outpatient Setting Infusion, hydration, and injection services follow coding guidelines specific to orders placed and often time-based CPT codes. This presentation will provide an overview of infusion and hydration therapy services including basic billing guidelines, review of coding hierarchy, and time requirements. We will also review documentation requirements to assist with correct code assignment and potential audits. | 1.5 |
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 1:30 p.m. | Start: 11:00 a.m. End: 12:30 p.m. | StayConnected: Inpatient Hospital Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services Stay connected with Medicare Part B updates and requirements by attending the Stay connected with Medicare Part B updates and requirements by attending the Evaluation and Management (E/M) workshop series. This webinar will review Medicare coverage guidelines for inpatient hospital care services performed by physicians and nonphysician practitioners (NPP). We will highlight updated guidelines for "other" E/M visits, including combining hospital inpatient and observation care services into one E/M code family and discuss updated billing and documentation guidelines. | 1.5 |
Thursday, May 22, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Start: 8:00 a.m. End: 9:30 a.m. | StayConnected: Critical Care Services Stay connected with Medicare Part B updates and requirements by attending the Evaluation and Management (E/M) workshop series. Our next event in the series will focus on critical care E/M services, including coverage, billing and documentation guidelines. | 1.5 |
Thursday, May 22, 2025 | ![]() | Start: 10:30 a.m. End: 12:00 p.m. | Start: 9:30 a.m. End: 11:00 a.m. | Medicare Navigator Part A Claims: A Guide to Monitor Claim Status and Identify Overpayments The Medicare Navigator Part A Claims series supports institutional providers billing on the UB-04 claim form (or electronic equivalent) with navigating the billing basics to performing post payment claim correction activities. Join this webinar to learn how to monitor the status of a claim, how to identify when you've been overpaid, and how to resolve the overpayment. | 1.5 |
Thursday, May 22, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 1:00 p.m. End: 3:00 p.m. | Start: 12:00 p.m. End: 2:00 p.m. | National Part A/B MAC Ambulance Supplier Coalition: First Meeting Ambulance suppliers and providers are invited to attend the first virtual National Part A and B Ambulance Provider/Supplier Coalition meeting during EMS week hosted by the MACs. The MACs will respond to pre-submitted provider questions during the event and share beneficial resources. Click here to view the full invitation and registration details. | 0.0 |
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | ![]() ![]() | Start: 10:00 a.m. End: 11:30 a.m. | Start: 9:00 a.m. End: 10:30 a.m. | Medicare Navigator Provider Enrollment: Preventing Common Development Reasons The Medicare Navigator Provider Enrollment series promotes compliance with initial enrollment, record maintenance and revalidation for a variety of Medicare facility, provider and supplier types. Keeping enrollment information current is an important responsibility as a Medicare provider/supplier. Join this event to review the various enrollment applications, best practices to avoid common application errors, and when to submit documentation with an application. |