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08/18/2025

WPS Educational Offerings

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Live Trainings

The following webinars are open for registration. Visit our Live Events web page to learn more and register. You can submit questions prior to all our events. Send your questions to wps.gha.education@wpsic.com with the title of the event in the subject line.



Overview of Medicare Telehealth Policy, Past, Present, and Future
September 11: 11:15 am – 12:15 pm ET

This webinar provides the basics about Medicare policy for telehealth in the past, present, and future. During this webinar, the speaker will:

  • Define telehealth
  • Discuss telehealth policy, past, present, and future
  • Share billing and coding guidance
  • Provide resources

Training Indicators: A, B, Bill


Incident To Services
Medicare allows physicians and practitioners to send charges for services provided by someone else and refers to this as Incident To. Back to School with Incident To Billing is a two-part series to assist with your questions regarding Incident To guidelines. We will partner with Dr. Joelle Vlahakis, WPS Contractor Medical Director, to answer your questions. These sessions are for providers billing on a CMS 1500 claim form or 837P electronic transactions.

Study Hall: Incident To Services
September 11: 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET

This is the first in our 2-part series focusing on incident to guidelines.

Medicare allows physicians and practitioners to send charges for services provided by someone else. Do you have questions on when and incident too billing guidelines? In this session we will cover:

  • Settings eligible for incident to billing
  • Incident to billing guidelines
  • Incident to documentation requirements

This session is intended for providers that will bill Medicare using CMS 1500/837P transactions. This presentation will not discuss incident to guidelines for mental health.

Training Indicators: B, MCS, S1 

Pop Quiz: Incident To Denials & How to Pass
September 18: 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET

Pop in for our final session in our 2-part series focused on incident to services. This webinar will focus on avoiding incident to service denials and rejections . During this event, we will provide:

  • Brief recap from previous day's study hall
  • Top denials and rejections
  • Interactive Q&A practice

There will be an interactive Q&A session based on pre-submitted questions. Submit your questions early for this practice session.

This session is intended for providers that will bill Medicare using CMS 1500/837P transactions.

Training Indicators: B, MCS, S2


Quarterly Review of Outpatient Hospital Errors
September 17: 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET

This course applies to those billing on a UB-04 claim form or 837I electronic equivalent. This webinar:

  • Analyzes hospital outpatient claim data
  • Examines common reason codes
  • Shares tips for correction and prevention

Training Indicators: A, Bill, FISS, NTM, T



Encore Presentations

WPS Encore presentations are recordings of live events. To access the recordings, click here. Below are some that may be of interest to you:

  • Avoiding Timely Filing Exceptions
  • Understanding Modifiers JW and JZ: Correct Billing for Single-Dose Vial Injections
  • Hepatitis B and C Screenings (Clinical)
  • G2211 Made Easy: What You Need to Know
  • Understanding the Impacts of the SNF Interrupted Stay Policy
  • Reviewing the Form CMS-R-131, Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN)


YouTube Videos

The WPS Government Health Administrators YouTube channel contains training videos and Encore presentations. Our goal is to provide current education for you. Visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel today!

WPS uses Playlists to help you locate information by topic. Below are some of the playlists offered. To view a list of all playlists, click here



 

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