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WEBINAR: CMS Medicare PECOS 2.0: 2024 Enrollment Portal for all Medicare applications and revalidations

7/29
1 pm EST

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Description:
PECOS 2.0 is finally here! Let’s review the BIG changes step by step. This change has taken years to finally arrive and everyone needs to understand every portion of the application that will impact the Medicare provider participation process for your organization and each individual practitioner. CMS Medicare PECOS 2.0 will impact how you enroll and validate your Medicare providers. It’s urgent that you understand the updates because you are responsible for Medicare applications and revalidations.
Master the new Medicare PECOS 2.0 changes to protect your practices from payment delays and to protect your license to see Medicare patients. Expert Yesenia Servin will take you inside of Medicare PECOS 2.0 and will help you to get your Medicare enrollment and validation right with the actual screenshots and examples.

Learning Objectives:-
• Examine the updated PECOS process
• Dig into each step of the Medicare enrollment process via PECOS 2.0
• Understand the new provider enrollment process on PECOS 2.0
• Know how to effectively Manage your group members
• Proactive actions to stop provider validation denials
• Understand the new revalidation process
• Know the enrollment and validation time and deadlines
• Learn the tracking of your Medicare enrollment applications
• Learn the new modified process for sole proprietors adding locations
• Know how large practices in several states or with multiple locations add and validate providers, the process for board members or managers to manage the enrollment and validation process

Areas Covered in the Session:-
• CMS redesigned PECOS 2.0
• Initial Enrollment and Revalidation process via PECOS 2.0
• Access to multiple organizations, states, and providers via PECOS 2.0
• The best process to manage every Medicare application and revalidation via PECOS 2.0
• PECOS 2.0 – The redesign & what you can expect
o Existing Information Transferred
o MACs
o Visually Appealing Interface
o Timelines & Next Steps
o Capability of screen sharing with MAC reps
• DME
• Ordering & Prescribing
• Mental Health Providers
• LCPC and LMFT
• RHC, REH, and Hospitals
• CHOW
• Organization ownership data
• Big Updates for 2024
o Single Application for multiple enrollments
o Revalidation reminders
o Real-time processing
o Enhanced capability
o Data pre-population
• Real-time status Updates
• Groups/ Practices & Group Members
• Revalidations
• Preparation
• What else do we have to look forward to?
• PAR vs Non-PAR
• Maintain the Ownership details in All Enrollment Records
• Paper Application and Online Application
• Live Q&A Session

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CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met June 26-28, 2024 to discuss data and vote on multiple vaccines recommendations:

COVID-19 Vaccines
• CDC recommends 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines as authorized or approved by FDA in persons ≥6 months of age.

Influenza Vaccines
• CDC reaffirms the recommendation for routine annual influenza vaccination of all persons aged ≥6 months who do not have contraindications.
• CDC recommends high-dose inactivated (HD-IIV3) and adjuvanted inactivated (aIIV3) influenza vaccines as acceptable options for influenza vaccination of solid organ transplant recipients aged 18-64 years who are on immunosuppressive medication regimens, without a preference over other age-appropriate IIV3s or RIV3.

RSV Vaccines – Adults
• For adults who did not receive an RSV vaccine last year:
o CDC recommends adults 75 years of age and older receive a single dose of RSV vaccine.
o CDC recommends adults 60–74 years of age and older who are at increased risk of severe RSV disease receive a single dose of RSV vaccine.

RSV Vaccines - Maternal/Pediatric
• CDC continues to recommend RSV immunizations to protect all babies from severe RSV.

DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (Vaxelis®) Vaccine
• CDC recommends DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (Vaxelis®) should be included with PRP-OMP (PedvaxHIB®) in the preferential recommendation for American Indian and Alaska Native infants based on the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) component.

Pneumococcal Vaccines
• CDC recommends PCV21 as an option for adults aged ≥19 years who currently have a recommendation to receive a dose of PCV.

Additional Resources
• ACIP Vaccine Recommendations and Schedules | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/recommendations.html
• Vaccines and Immunizations | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
• CDC Recommends Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines for Fall/Winter Virus Season | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s-t0627-vaccine-recommendations.html
• CDC Updates RSV Vaccination Recommendation for Adults | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s-0626-vaccination-adults.html

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On Wednesday, June 26th, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met to review and discuss respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and RSV immunizations. CDC experts presented analyses on RSV disease burden among people 60 and older, as well as vaccine effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of RSV vaccines. This information included the first real-world data since RSV vaccines were recommended last year for older adults. During this meeting, CDC experts presented clinical considerations which describe the medical conditions or other factors that increase an adult's risk of severe RSV.

During this meeting, ACIP held two votes for adults based on age range: 60–74 and 75 and older. They voted to recommend RSV vaccination for:

• people 60–74 who have one or more of the following risk factors:
o chronic heart or lung disease
o a weakened immune system
o certain other medical conditions, including severe diabetes and severe obesity
o live in a nursing home or other long-term care facility
• everyone ages 75 and older

CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen concurred with the updated ACIP recommendation. For this upcoming respiratory virus season, CDC recommends RSV vaccines for people 60 and older who have certain medical conditions or living in a long-term care facility and everyone 75 and older, if they did not get an RSV vaccine last year. RSV vaccines that can be administered this year include GSK’s Arexvy, Moderna’s mRESVIA and Pfizer’s Abrysvo. Eligible adults can get an RSV vaccine at any time, but the best time to get vaccinated is in late summer and early fall before RSV usually starts to spread in the community.

The RSV vaccine is not currently an annual vaccine, meaning people do not need to get a dose every RSV season. Studies are ongoing to determine whether people 60 and older would benefit from receiving additional RSV vaccine doses.

Last year was the first time immunizations were available to protect people who are at increased risk for severe RSV: babies and people 60 and older. We believe this updated recommendation for people 60 and older provides healthcare providers with a clearer recommendation for those who will benefit most from RSV vaccine and will be easier to implement in healthcare settings.

These products are our best tool to combat RSV, and you are our most valuable asset. A healthcare provider’s recommendation is one of the most influential factors in a patient’s decision to get vaccinated.

There are a number of online resources for healthcare providers to help address questions or concerns their patients might have about RSV vaccination.

RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Immunizations: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/rsv/index.html

Healthcare Providers: RSV Vaccination for Adults: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/rsv/hcp/older-adults.html

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Master CMS Medicare PECOS 2.0: New Enrollment and Validation Portal

5/15
1 PM EST

Register now and get $31 off use code "OAE31"

REGISTER: https://tinyurl.com/rxfm5pcr

Event Details:
• Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
• Time: 1:00 PM EST
• Duration: 60 Minutes
• Event Type: Live Webinar
• Presented by: Yesenia Servin

Overview:
• PECOS 2.0 introduces significant changes to the Medicare provider enrollment and validation process.
• It's crucial for healthcare professionals and organizations to understand these updates to ensure smooth Medicare participation and avoid payment delays.
• Expert Yesenia Servin will guide attendees through the changes with actual screenshots and examples.

Learning Objectives:
• Understand the updated PECOS process.
• Explore each step of the Medicare enrollment process via PECOS 2.0.
• Learn about the new provider enrollment process on PECOS 2.0.
• Gain insights into managing group members effectively.
• Take proactive actions to prevent provider validation denials.
• Understand the new revalidation process, enrollment deadlines, and tracking applications.

Areas Covered:
• Redesign of PECOS 2.0.
• Initial Enrollment and Revalidation process via PECOS 2.0.
• Access to multiple organizations, states, and providers.
• Managing Medicare applications and revalidations effectively.
• Updates on various provider types, such as DME, mental health providers, RHC, REH, hospitals, etc.
• Enhanced features like real-time processing, data pre-population, and single application for multiple enrollments.

Who Will Benefit:
• Credentialing specialists.
• Revenue cycle managers.
• Enrollment specialists.
• Healthcare providers and organizations, including hospitals and mental health providers.
• Practice and clinic owners.
• Billing teams and medical billing companies.
• Healthcare attorneys.
• Administrative staff, including office managers, scheduling, authorizations, etc.

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To minimize delays in getting people at higher risk for severe COVID-19 access to antiviral treatment, use COVID-19 PCR tests, when possible to avoid delayed diagnosis due to false-negative antigen results.

New CDC data published show that PCR tests are the most reliable type of COVID-19 diagnostic test. This study highlights the importance of using the right type of COVID-19 test. To measure current COVID-19 test performance, researchers compared antigen tests, reverse transcription PCR tests, and viral cultures from study participants during November 2022–May 2023. PCR tests are the most reliable type of COVID-19 test regardless of symptoms. Antigen tests, sometimes referred to as “rapid” tests, are still reliable, but are less likely to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, than PCR tests. Antigen test performance (i.e., sensitivity) is better in individuals with symptoms, like fever. The findings of this MMWR further support advice in the respiratory virus guidance.

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Description:
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WEBINAR: Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) - CMS Updated Rules and Guidelines

4/26
1 PM EST

REGISTER: https://ecowebinar.com/conference/medicare-advance-beneficiary-notice-abn---cms-updated-rules-and-guidelines

Description:
ABNs: CMS, Medicare Advantage, & Commercial Payer Rules
Medicare Advance Beneficiary (ABN) form is a written notice that you give to patients when you expect that Medicare will not pay for certain items or services. This webinar will explain the details and rules of Medicare ABNs. It can be confusing to know when you need to issue an ABN and whether it is mandatory or voluntary. If you submit the incorrect forms or make mistakes, you may face Medicare audits and penalties. In this live webinar, Expert David J. Vaughn, ESQ. will show you how and when to use the mandatory and voluntary ABN forms correctly and compliantly.
Many other payers also have similar forms and rules, so the compliance strategies you will learn in this session can apply to them as well. To protect you from unexpected charges and help you make informed decisions about your health care, Medicare requires providers, suppliers, and facilities to give you a written notice called an Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) before they provide items or services that Medicare may not cover. Medicare ABN is a liability waiver form that helps you avoid unpaid claims and protect your practice from serious financial and compliance risks.
Learning Objectives:-
• When an ABN must be used
• When an ABN may be used as a courtesy
• When an ABN should not be used
• How to apply ABN modifiers
• What rights does the patient have when filling out the ABN
• What if I don’t receive an ABN?
• Know the patient/provider's financial rights and responsibilities
• Know how to properly use ABN Modifiers (GA, GX, GY, and GZ)
• What are Non-Medicare ABNs and when to use them
Areas Covered:-
• What is an ABN?
• What’s New Since Last Year?
• Types of ABN
• When to Issue ABN?
• What Services Do ABNs Apply To?
o Hospital, Hospice, Home Health Agencies
o Physicians, SNFs, Home Health Agencies
o Part A – Inpatient
o Part B – Outpatient
• What Form Do You Use?
o HINN – 1 – Entire hospital stay non-covered
o HINN – 10 – Hospital requests Quality Improvement Organization to review discharge decision (can be used for MA)
o HINN – 11 – Non-covered items during a covered stay
o HINN – 12 – Non-covered continued stay
o Physicians – CMS-R-131
o SNFs – ABN for Part B; CMS-10055 is Part A
o Hospitals
• Which CMS-R-131 Form to Use?
• How MUEs affect ABNs
• ABNs used in the Emergency Room
• Use of ABNs to Unbundle Charges
• How LCDs affect ABNs
• Filling Out the ABN
• Use of ABNs to shift liability to patients who have exceeded Medicare frequency limits
• Additional Considerations
• Patient options on the ABN form
o Issues with Option 1 – Bill Medicare
o The benefit of Option 2 – Don’t Bill Medicare
• Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs)
• Other Uses of ABNs
• Prior Experiences with Option 2
• Courtesy ABNs
• Required vs. Courtesy ABNs
• Multiple Entities Providing Care
• Routine ABNs
• Prohibited Use of ABNs
• ABNs for Extended Treatment
• Electronic vs. Paper ABNs
• What if the Patient Changes their Mind?
• What is the Patient Refuses to Sign?
• What happens if the ABN is filled out incorrectly?
• Collecting Patient Payments
• How Long the ABN Must be Kept?
• What are the refund rules if Medicare pays even though you have a signed ABN?
• Modifiers
o GA – use when you have a mandatory ABN
o GX – use when you issue a courtesy ABN for items Medicare never covers; combine with GY
o GY – use for statutorily non-covered items; use with GX
o GZ – use when you expect Medicare to deny and you didn’t get an ABN
o GK – used when upgrading a piece of equipment
o GL – same as GK but you didn’t get an ABN
• Things Medicare Never Pays
• Do Medicare Advantage programs use ABNs
• Can you use ABNs with Medicare prescription drug plans, and what ABN form must be used?
• Coercion
• Live Q&A Session

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WEBINAR: Master CMS Medicare PECOS 2.0: New Enrollment and Validation Portal

3/15
1 pm EST

REGISTER: https://tinyurl.com/3u9bhsz9

Overview :
PECOS 2.0 is finally here! Let’s review the BIG changes step by step. This change has taken years to finally arrive and everyone needs to understand every portion of the application that will impact the Medicare provider participation process for your organization and each individual practitioner. CMS Medicare PECOS 2.0 will impact how you enroll and validate your Medicare providers. It’s urgent that you understand the updates because you are responsible for Medicare applications and revalidations.

Master the new Medicare PECOS 2.0 changes to protect your practices from payment delays and to protect your license to see Medicare patients. Expert Yesenia Servin will take you inside of Medicare PECOS 2.0 and will help you to get your Medicare enrollment and validation right with the actual screenshots and examples.

Learning Objective:
Examine the updated PECOS process
Dig into each step of the Medicare enrollment process via PECOS 2.0
Understand the new provider enrollment process on PECOS 2.0
Know how to effectively Manage your group members
Proactive actions to stop provider validation denials
Understand the new revalidation process
Know the enrollment and validation time and deadlines
Learn the tracking of your Medicare enrollment applications
Learn the new modified process for sole proprietors adding locations
Know how large practices in several states or with multiple locations add and validate providers, the process for board members or managers to manage the enrollment and validation process

Areas Covered in the Session:
CMS redesigned PECOS 2.0
Initial Enrollment and Revalidation process via PECOS 2.0
Access to multiple organizations, states, and providers via PECOS 2.0
The best process to manage every Medicare application and revalidation via PECOS 2.0
PECOS 2.0 – The redesign & what you can expect
Existing Information Transferred
MACs
Visually Appealing Interface
Timelines & Next Steps
Capability of screen sharing with MAC reps
DME
Ordering & Prescribing
Mental Health Providers
LCPC and LMFT
RHC, REH, and Hospitals
CHOW
Organization ownership data
Big Updates
Revalidation reminders
Real-time processing
Enhanced capability
Data pre-population
Single Application for multiple enrollments
Real-time status Updates
Groups/Practices & Group Members
Revalidations
Preparation
What else do we have to look forward to?
PAR vs Non-PAR

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On January 17, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule to enhance access to health information and streamline prior authorization processes for medical items and services.

CMS’s Office of Burden Reduction & Health Informatics will host a virtual education session on March 26, 2024, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM ET on the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule. Questions can be submitted beforehand via the registration form. Registration will remain open through March 25, however please register by March 19 to ensure consideration of any submitted questions.

Who Should Attend? Patients, providers, and administrative, health IT, and government affairs professionals.

Event Objectives: This event will provide an opportunity for participants to:

• Learn about the provisions in the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule.
• Hear how the final rule builds on current CMS interoperability policies.

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WEBINAR: Master CMS Medicare PECOS 2.0: New Enrollment and Validation Portal

2/23
1:00 PM EST

REGISTER: http://tinyurl.com/2tvxyart

Register now and get $30 off use code "CCD30"

Overview :
PECOS 2.0 is finally here! Let’s review the BIG changes step by step. This change has taken years to finally arrive and everyone needs to understand every portion of the application that will impact the Medicare provider participation process for your organization and each individual practitioner. CMS Master CMS Medicare PECOS 2.0: New Enrollment and Validation Portal how you enroll and validate your Medicare providers. It’s urgent that you understand the updates because you are responsible for Medicare applications and revalidations.

Master the new Medicare PECOS 2.0 changes to protect your practices from payment delays and to protect your license to see Medicare patients. Expert Yesenia Servin will take you inside of Medicare PECOS 2.0 and will help you to get your Medicare enrollment and validation right with the actual screenshots and examples.

Learning Objective:
• Examine the updated PECOS process
• Dig into each step of the Medicare enrollment process via PECOS 2.0
• Understand the new provider enrollment process on PECOS 2.0
• Know how to effectively Manage your group members
• Proactive actions to stop provider validation denials
• Understand the new revalidation process
• Know the enrollment and validation time and deadlines
• Learn the tracking of your Medicare enrollment applications
• Learn the new modified process for sole proprietors adding locations
• Know how large practices in several states or with multiple locations add and validate providers, the process for board members or managers to manage the enrollment and validation process

Areas Covered in the Session:
• CMS redesigned PECOS 2.0
• Initial Enrollment and Revalidation process via PECOS 2.0
• Access to multiple organizations, states, and providers via PECOS 2.0
• The best process to manage every Medicare application and revalidation via PECOS 2.0
• PECOS 2.0 – The redesign & what you can expect
o Existing Information Transferred
o MACs
o Visually Appealing Interface
o Timelines & Next Steps
o Capability of screen sharing with MAC reps
• DME
• Ordering & Prescribing
• Mental Health Providers
• LCPC and LMFT
• RHC, REH, and Hospitals
• CHOW
• Organization ownership data
• Big Updates
o Revalidation reminders
o Real-time processing
o Enhanced capability
o Data pre-population
• Single Application for multiple enrollments
• Real-time status Updates
• Groups/Practices & Group Members
• Revalidations
• Preparation
• What else do we have to look forward to?
• PAR vs Non-PAR

Who will Benefit:
• Credentialing specialist
• Revenue cycle managers
• Enrollment specialist
• Hospitals
• Mental health providers
• LCPC
• LMFT
• Practice, clinic owners
• Hospital leadership
• Authorized officials
• Delegated officials
• Revenue cycle directors
• Credentialing
• Office Manager
• Revenue Cycle
• Operations
• Billing Team
• In and Out of Network Providers
• Medical Billing Companies
• Providers’ Office Staff
• Physician
• Hospitals and Facilities
• Insurance Companies
• Healthcare Attorneys
• Executive and Administrators
• Front Desk
• Scheduling
• Authorizations Staff
• Medical Assistants
• Certified nursing assistants

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