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Part B

Billing & Coverage
Find the latest news pertaining to Medicare billing and general coverage changes, learn how to employ preventive measures to promote patient health, and review claim submission guidelines to help improve your billing accuracy.
Fee Schedules
Use our interactive fee lookup tool, download data files containing the most recent fee schedule information to use in developing a database of fees, and search our extensive archive of retired fee schedules.
Medical Coverage
Find news about local and national coverage determinations, learn how to search the Medicare coverage database, use the procedure/diagnosis code lookup tool, and review clinical trials.
EDI
Find the latest Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) news, software updates, forms, pre-pass edits, and companion documents and learn how to begin submitting your claims electronically.
Education
Learn about FCSO’s online and instructor-led training opportunities; get involved with the Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Group (POE-AG); and find links to the educational resources available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Web site.
FAQs
Find answers to your questions regarding billing issues, drugs and biologicals, coding inpatient cost outlier claims, eligibility, skilled nursing facilities, provider enrollment, overpayment, claims overlap, and more.
Forms
Find the forms you need for an overpayment refund request, extended repayment schedule for corporations or groups, overpayment redetermination request, periodic interim payment request, an influenza virus vaccine roster, or a credit balance report.
Place of Service
Find answers to frequently asked questions pertaining to place of service as well as helpful links to the Medicare claims processing manual and a database of codes and definitions.
Provider Data Summary
The Provider Data Summary (PDS) was designed as a provider resource to be used along with Medicare Remittance Notices (MRNs) and other provider-accessible billing resources. Learn how to establish an account to access your PDS report and to understand the data reported.
Provider Enrollment
Find the latest provider enrollment news as well as the forms, tools, and resources you need to become a Medicare provider and learn how to successfully complete enrollment forms the first time with helpful tips and tutorials.
Publications
Explore our library of archived Medicare Part B Update! publications dating back to 1997.
Reference
Find the top inquiries and denials for the most recent reporting period, know how to coordinate the payment process of health benefits available to a beneficiary, and learn how to get the most out of Interactive Voice Response system when checking on patient eligibility, claim status, and enrollment.
Rural Health
Find the latest Medicare news identified for rural health clinics (RHCs) and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) as well as helpful information, tools, and links to CMS resources pertaining to rural health services.
Specialties
Find the latest news and information identified specifically for providers of specialty services including ambulance, oncology, chiropractic, rehabilitation services, skilled nursing facilities, hospice, and several more.
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Part B

First Coast Service Options (FCSO) strives to ensure that the information available on our provider website is accurate, detailed, and current. Therefore, this is a dynamic site and its content changes daily. It is best to access the site to ensure you have the most current information rather than printing articles or forms that may become obsolete without notice.