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• 2009
• Teleconferences
• Webinars
• 2008
• Teleconferences
• Webinars
• 2007
• Teleconferences
• Webinars
• 2006
• Teleconferences
• Webinars
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• Guidebooks

2009

Fiscal Year 2009 Teleconferences

• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (ACT) (Held 09/16/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:28:42)
  Read the minutes
• Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and e-Prescribing Teleconference (Held 08/13/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:29:11)
• Change Request (CR) 6310 Regulatory Changes into Chapter 10 of the Program Integrity Manual (PIM) Teleconference (Held 06/30/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (57:57)
• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (ACT) (Held 06/10/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:19:11)
• Preventive Services (Held 05/27/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:27:14)
• ABN Teleconference (Held 04/30/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (59:38)
• Using C-SNAP (Held 04/28/09)
  
• Using C-SNAP (Held 04/28/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (33:28)
• Upper Midwest Flooding ACT (Held 04/28/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (17:15)
• Departments by Function(Held 03/24/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording(00:55:27)
• Appeals Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (ACT) (Held 01/14/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:26:05)
• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (ACT) (Held 12/10/08)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:22:30)
• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (ACT) (Held 03/11/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:25:45)
• PQRI Teleconference (Held 02/17/09)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:21:35)
• WPS Medicare Part Departments (Held 03/17/09)
  Listen to the audio recording (54:49)
• National Correct Coding Initiative & The Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Field (Held 05/22/09)
  Listen to the audio recording (48:34)
  Handouts:
  
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Paper MPFSDB Layout
• 66984 2009 National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File Example
• 70545 2009 National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File Example
• CCI and Fees Example

Fiscal Year 2009 Webinars

• Making the Most of the WPS Medicare and CMS Website (Held 04/15/09)
• Evaluation and Management (4:21:23)
• Note for E/M Audio/Visual Training Slide 26
• Note for E/M Audio/Visual Training Slide 94
• Using C-SNAP (41:18)
• Making the Most of the WPS Medicare and CMS Websites ( Held 05/27/09 (53:40)

2008

Fiscal Year 2008 Teleconferences

• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (ACT) (Held 09/10/08)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:28:16)
• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (ACT) (Held 06/11/08)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:33:25)
• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (ACT) (Held 03/12/08)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:28:29)
• Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Mediasite Presentation Follow-Up
• CERT Update Teleconference (Held 03/26/08)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (32:10)
• Consultations (Held 04/24/08)
  Listen to the Audio Recording (1:30:35)
  Consultations - Questions and Answers

Fiscal Year 2008 Webinars

• Using the WPS Medicare Website (Held April 2008)
  "Using the WPS Medicare Website" Webinar: Follow-up Questions and Answers
• Outpatient Therapy Guidelines Questions and Answers (Held 11/28/07 and 11/29/07)

2007

Fiscal Year 2007 Seminars

• Save Dollars, Avoid Denials (Held 08/22/07)

Fiscal Year 2007 Teleconferences

• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (Held 12/12/07)



• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference - Consultations (Held 10/25/07)



• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (Held 09/12/07)



• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (Held 06/20/07)



• Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference (Held 03/28/07)



• Ask the Contractor Teleconference (Held 12/20/2006)



• Ambulance Interrupted Inpatient Hospital Stays Teleconference (Held 02/07/07 and 02/08/07)



• Mental Health Teleconference (Held 12/06/06)

Fiscal Year 2007 Webinars

• Billing Medicare Part B for EPO (Held 12/12/2006, 12/13/2006, 12/14/2006)



• Preventive Services for Medicare Part B Providers (Held 03/15/07)

2006

Fiscal Year 2006 Teleconferences

• Ask the Contractor Teleconference (Held 09/20/2006)



• Ask the Contractor Teleconference (Held 06/13/2006)



• Ask the Contractor Teleconference: Changes to the Medicare Appeals Process (Held 03/15/2006)



• Ask the Contractor Teleconference: 2006 Medicare Fee Schedule Update (Held 02/28/2006)



• Ask the Contractor Teleconference (Held 09/21/2005)



• Ask the Contractor Teleconference: Medicare Updates (Held 12/14/05)



• Chiropractic Care Teleconference (Held 09/28/06)



• Clinical Lab Teleconference (Held 04/26/2006)



• Home Visits Teleconference (Held 03/23/06)



• History Component for E/M Services Teleconference (Held 06/21/2006)
  
  
• Mental Health Teleconference (Held 08/24/2006)



• Oncology Teleconference (Held 01/10/2006)

Guidebooks

• Evaluation & Management (E/M) Services Guide - A CMS Publication (08/15/06)

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