This training is intended for our J5/J8 Part A/B providers billing on a UB-04/CMS-1500 or their electronic equivalent.

The date and time listed in the registration section are system completed place holders. This course is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

This course is designed to introduce the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) A/B MAC Outreach & Education Task Force. All Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) collaborate and work with CMS to educate the provider community to reduce the national paid claim error rate. The course includes a review of the functions of the task force along with educational products developed by the task force.

To complete the course, review the presentations and three educational resources.

Presentations
- 2016 CERT A/B MAC Outreach & Education Task Force- Slide deck

Education Resources:
- Complying With Medical Documentation Requirements Fact Sheet
- Complying With Documentation Requirements for Laboratory Services
- Caring for Medicare Patients is a Partnership
- CERT AB Task Force PowerPoint

The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.