Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) - JF Part A
Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT)
Since 1996, CMS implemented several initiatives to prevent improper payments. CMS' goal is to reduce payment errors by identifying and addressing billing errors concerning coverage and coding. The CERT program is one of the programs created by CMS to assist in eliminating improper payments.
Access the below information from this page.
CERT Program Basics
- CERT Requests, Response Timeline and Noridian Communication
- Contractors
- Provider Corrective Actions
- Provider Mailing Addresses and Points of Contact for CERT Requests
- Respond to a CERT ADR Letter
Billing and Documentation Help for Identified Errors
- Admission Date and Statement Covers Period Billing
- CERT Documentation Requests Impacted by a Disaster
- Dear Ordering/Referring Physician Letter [PDF]
- Dual-Chamber Cardiac Pacemaker Insertion Billing
- Laboratory Orders Must be Submitted Within 12 Months of Order
- Laboratory Services: Incorrect Billing Identified
- Physician Handwritten Signature Documentation Requirements
- Prevent a No Documentation CERT Finding
- Spinal Fusions: Anterior vs. Posterior
- Surgical Pathology Medical Documentation Letter [PDF]
Resources
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Contractors
Follow standard appeals process and submit request to Noridian.
Empower AI, Inc. - CERT Review Contractor
Address:
CERT Documentation Center
8701 Park Central Drive, Suite 400-A
Richmond, VA 23227
Fax: 804-261-8100
Phone: 888-779-7477
Email:
CertMail@empower.ai
CertProvider@empower.ai
CMS CERT Team
Address:
Mail Stop C3-02-16
7500 Security Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21244