CERT

Welcome to the WPS Medicare Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program Web page.

What is CERT?
In order to improve the processing and medical decision making involved with payment of Medicare claims, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) designed the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program.

CERT Articles
This section contains valuable WPS Medicare guidance related to coding, billing, and documentation issues currently resulting in CERT error findings.

CERT Resources and Links
Click here to get additional CERT related information, including links to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and CERT contractor Websites, education, and instructions for contacting your WPS Medicare CERT "Point of Contact."

CERT Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
To view the CERT FAQs, select the "FAQ" tab in the primary (top) navigation bar of this page. Choose "Departmental," and then "Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) FAQs."

Page Last Updated: Wednesday, 13-Jan-2010 13:27:26 CST