The training is intended for our J5/J8 Part B providers billing on a CMS-1500 or electronic equivalent.

What barriers exist to cause your practice to not utilize depression screening? When you complete a depression screening, what issues do you face billing it to Medicare? This event will share some statistics on use of depression screening and benefit information.

The event then focuses on barriers and issue to depression screening. Barriers and issues can range from trouble performing the screening to not receiving payment. WPS GHA’s Contractor Medical Director (CMD) wants to hear from you. To provide the best education, complete presubmitted questions and barriers to depression screening survey modules before the event.

To send your barriers or issues, complete the following steps:
• Login to the WPS GHA Learning Center
• Select the “My Dashboard” link
• Locate the tile for the course
• Select the module titled “Barriers to Depression Screening” or "Presubmitted Questions”
• Add the appropriate feedback to the module

Time of Event:
Call/Sign-in: 4:45 - 5:00 PM CT (5:45 - 6:00 PM ET)
Event: 5:00 - 6:00 PM CT (6:00 - 7:00 PM ET)

WPS GHA has a 2-step registration process. The registration for the audio portion of this event is separate from this event registration. Instructions are located in the Live Event module.

To cancel your registration, open the module titled “Live Event - 01/19/21 Barriers to Depression Screening 2”, and click on Unregister.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
CEUs can be obtained from professional organizations. WPS GHA will provide a Certificate of Achievement once you successfully complete a course in the Learning Center. For a live event, this includes participation from start to finish of the live session. If a biography of the presenter is needed, please contact us at wps.gha.education@wpsic.com.