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NHIC, Corp. is working to offer our providers a wider variety of methods and technological tools to make education more readily available. Our goal is to provide flexible training that can fit anyone's schedule, and to reduce the amount of travel needed to attend NHIC educational activities. Education Online includes Podcasts, Educational Tutorials, CMS MLN Web-Based Training (WBT) Modules and Interactive Guides which are available on demand, any time of the day. Each item is designed to allow you to proceed at your own pace. If you feel you missed something, you can go back and review the information again at any time.

Note: The NHIC, Corp. Outreach & Education team is constantly updating and creating new podcasts, tutorials and guides. Once these materials have been developed they will be posted to this page, and the supplier community will be alerted regarding their completion by a DME MAC A General ListServe message. If you are not yet a subscriber to the DME MAC A General ListServe then sign up today.


On this page: Podcasts  |  Tutorials  |  CMS MLN Web-Based Training (WBT) Modules  |  Guides and Interactive Forms  |  Webinars

Podcasts

All aboard the "DMEPOS Express"... next stop... knowledge!

"The DMEPOS Express" will offer brief, audio recordings concerning current topics important to you and will be presented by various Jurisdiction A subject matter experts. Each Podcast will be available for download as an MP3 file.

Podcast Title: Approx. Length: File type: Date Posted:
DME MAC A Symposiums 3 minutes MP3 August 20, 2010
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Part 2 6 minutes MP3 August 06, 2010
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) 5 minutes MP3 April 07, 2010

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Tutorials

Tutorials are a combination of audio recordings and slide presentations. Tutorials are presented by various Jurisdiction A staff members, and are available for viewing as SWF files.

Please make your voice heard by providing feedback regarding our tutorials via our Tutorial Assessment Form

Tutorial Title: Approx. Length: File type: Date Posted:
Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) 18 minutes SWF June 2010
Commodes Billing 16 minutes SWF January 2010
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) 14 minutes SWF July 2010
Continuous Passive Motion Device 11 minutes SWF February 2010
Coordination of Benefits & Medicare Secondary Payer 32 minutes SWF March 2010
DME MAC Forms 15 minutes SWF January 2010
DMEPOS Payment Categories 11 minutes SWF February 2010
External Breast Prosthesis Billing 15 minutes SWF July 2008
Glucose Monitor Billing 30 minutes SWF January 2010
Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Billing 14 minutes SWF May 2010
Medicare Overpayments and Offsets 20 minutes SWF December 2008
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Billing 24 minutes SWF January 2010
Payment Category Modifiers 19 minutes SWF May 2010
Repairs and Replacements: Orthotics and Prosthetics 19 minutes SWF July 2010
Refractive Lens (Vision) Billing 23 minutes SWF March 2010
Skilled Nursing Facility and Consolidated Billing 19 minutes SWF March 2010
Supplier File Requirements 20 minutes SWF February 2010
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulators Billing 14 minutes SWF February 2010
Understanding Medical Policies and Coverage Decisions 15 minutes SWF July 2010
Mobility Assistive Equipment (MAE) National Coverage Determination (NCD)
(It is recommended to view the MAE NCD tutorial as a prerequisite of the below mobility tutorials.)
19 minutes SWF October 2008
      Canes and Crutches (Mobility) 14 minutes SWF October 2008
      Walkers (Mobility) 21 minutes SWF October 2008
      Manual Wheelchairs (Mobility) 25 minutes SWF October 2008

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CMS MLN Web-Based Training (WBT) Modules

Web-Based Training (WBT) Modules External Link Graphic- Access all of the MLN WBTs free of charge. Some of the available courses include:

  • Certificate of Medical Necessity (60 minutes)
  • CMS Form 1500 (08/05) (60 minutes)
  • Diagnosis Coding: Using the ICD-9-CM (75 minutes)
  • Front Office Medicare (60 minutes)
  • HIPAA EDI Standards (60 minutes)
  • Medicare Fraud and Abuse (85 minutes)
  • Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing (60 minutes)
  • Understanding the Remittance Advice for Professional Providers (60 minutes)
  • World of Medicare (60 minutes) - New for 2010

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Guides and Interactive Forms

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Webinars

Webinars are live, web based, seminars conducted by the DME MAC A Outreach & Education Team. The DME MAC A Webinars are presented via telephone and the internet. The audio portion is heard over the telephone, via teleconferencing, while the presentation portion is accessed over the internet. Webinar sessions offer interaction very similar to a seminar attended in person, allowing attendees to ask questions, take surveys/quizzes, and chat with the presenters using a built-in chat room feature. Attending a webinar allows attendees to participate in the comfort of their own office, meeting room, or even their own home.

DME MAC A Webinars are offered to the supplier community FREE of charge, and are scheduled periodically throughout the year. Schedules for these events are posted to the DME MAC A Events and Seminars page. Please check back for dates and topics, or keep up to date with additions to our webinar schedule by subscribing to the DME General Interest ListServe.



DME MAC A Webinars are conducted using the tool GoToWebinar* External Link Graphic. Emails coming from GoToWebinar (i.e., registrations/confirmations) may be misinterpreted by your system as SPAM email. Please be advised that if you are waiting for an email coming from GoToWebinar it may be held by your email server. If the above situation occurs contact your system administrator for assistance.

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08/20/2010