CMS Web Based Courses Available
CMS currently offers 15 courses (listed below) as part of the Medicare Learning Network (MLN)(external link). Please visit the MLN Web Based training course homepage(external link) to view the courses.
| Session/ Descriptor | Approximate Time |
|---|---|
Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMN) (June 2009)Description: The goal of this activity is to provide information and resources regarding the completion, submission and maintenance of the CMNs required for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS). | 60:00 |
CMS Form 1500 (08/05) (December 2010)Description: Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to use the CMS Form 1500 (08/05) claim form, identify how an electronic claim works, define what unprocessable claims are, identify late filing rules, and define the requirements of filing claims on behalf of beneficiaries. | 60:00 |
Diagnosis Coding: Using the ICD-9-CM (January 2010)Description: This course will teach you how to select accurate diagnosis codes from the ICD-9-CM volumes and how to use diagnosis codes correctly on Medicare claim forms. | 1:15:00 |
HIPAA EDI Standards (January 2011)Description: The goal of this activity is to provide information to physicians, suppliers and health care professionals regarding electronic billing and other health care electronic transactions such as:
| 60:00 |
Medicare Fraud and Abuse (February 2010)Description: The goal of this activity is to provide information that will increase awareness of Medicare fraud and abuse, provide information regarding correct billing practices, and help Medicare providers, suppliers and staff to file claims correctly. | 60:00 |
Medicare Preventive Services Series: Part 3 (October 2009)Description: This web-based training course is designed to provide education on Medicare Preventive Services. It includes information on Medicare coverage for mammography services, pap tests, pelvic exams, colorectal cancer screenings, bone mass measurements, and glaucoma screenings. | 1:30:00 |
Medicare Preventive Services Series: Part 1 (June 2010)Description: This web-based training course is designed to provide education on Medicare Preventive Services. It includes information on Medicare coverage of seasonal influenza, pneumococcal, and hepatitis B vaccines. | 1:18:00 |
Medicare Preventive Services Series: Part 2 (November 2009)Description: This web-based training course is designed to provide education on Medicare Preventive Services. It includes information on Medicare's coverage for the initial preventive physical exam (IPPE), ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), screening electrocardiogram (EKG), cardiovascular screening blood tests, diabetes-related services, and smoking and tobacco-use cessation counseling services. | 1:30:00 |
PQRI and E-Prescribing (September 2009)Description: The goal of this activity is to provide information to physicians, health care professionals, and medical administrative staff in the completion, submission, and maintenance of the documentation required to successfully participate in Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescription Incentive (E-Prescribing) programs. | 60:00 |
Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing (October 2009)Description: This course contains information about Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing. This course will be helpful to providers who require the following information:
| 60:00 |
Understanding the Remittance Advice for Institutional Providers (February 2011)This web-based training course is designed to provide education for institutional providers and their billing staff on general Remittance Advice (RA) information. This training includes instructions for interpreting and reconciling the RA received from Medicare. It also provides guidance for reading Electronic Remittance Advices (ERAs) and Standard Paper Remittances in addition to an overview of the free software Medicare provides for viewing ERAs. | 1:15:00 |
Understanding the Remittance Advice for Professional Providers (February 2011)Description: The goal of this course is to provide professional providers and their billing staff with general RA information. This course provides instructions to help you interpret the RA received from Medicare and reconcile it against submitted claims. It will give guidance on how to read Electronic Remittance Advices (ERAs) and Standard Paper Remittance Advices (SPRs), as well as information on balancing an RA. The course also provides an overview of software that Medicare provides free to providers for viewing ERAs. 60:00 Understanding the Remittance Advice for Institutional Providers (November 2009) Description: The goal of this course is to provide institutional providers and their billing staff with general RA information. This course provides instructions to help you interpret the RA received from Medicare and reconcile it against submitted claims. It will give guidance on how to read Electronic Remittance Advices (ERAs) and Standard Paper Remittance Advices (SPRs), as well as information on balancing an RA. The course also provides an overview of software that Medicare provides free to providers for viewing ERAs. | 60:00 |
Uniform Billing (UB)-04 - (July 2008)Description: The goal of this activity is to teach health care professionals and administrative staff the fundamentals of the Medicare Program. | 1:54:00 |
World of Medicare (January 2011)Description: The goal of this activity is to teach health care professionals and administrative staff the fundamentals of the Medicare Program. | 60:00 |
Your Office in the World Of Medicare (February 2011)Description: The goal of this activity is to teach health care professionals and administrative staff the fundamentals of the Medicare Program. | 2:00:00 |
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