Provider Training Opportunity regarding Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program Billing Rules

Date: 09/13/17

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO) announced the following training opportunity.

Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program Billing Rules Call
Registration: here
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Time: 1:30PM to 3:00PM ET

Register for Medicare Learning Network events to hear CMS experts discuss the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) billing rules and their implications.  Find out about upcoming changes to the HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS), and remittance advice to identify the QMB status of your patients and exemption from cost-sharing.  Also, learn key steps to promote compliance.  Medicare providers may not bill people in the QMB program for Medicare deductibles, coinsurance, or copays.  Visit the QMB Program webpage (https://www.cms.gov/Medicare-Medicaid-Coordination/Medicare-and-Medicaid-Coordination/Medicare-Medicaid-Coordination-Office/QMB.html) and read the MedLearn Matters article (https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/se1128.pdf) for more information.  The target audience is Medicare Part A and B providers, medical billing specialists, practice administrators, IT vendors, health care industry professionals, and other interested stakeholders.

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