Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Medicare Learning Network

Web-Based Training Courses
Need to know the Medicare basics? The Medicare Learning Network (MLN) offers a series of web based training (WBT) courses to teach health care professionals the fundamentals of the Medicare Program. WBT courses are available from the MLN here by scrolling to the bottom of the page and selecting Web based Training Modules from the Related Links Inside CMS section of the CMS website.

NCCI Tools Booklet
Get your NEW How to Use the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Tools booklet from the MLN and learn how to navigate the CMS NCCI website. This new MLN product explains how to look up Medicare code pair edits and Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs). NCCI tools can help providers avoid coding and billing errors and subsequent payment denials. If you want to become familiar with the "National Correct Coding Initiative Policy Manual for Medicare Services" and the tools on the NCCI website, this is your best resource! Click here and enter ‘How to’ to find this and other MLN ‘How to’ series publications.