First Coast supports compliance awareness during the month of March!

Whether you are looking to create a customized compliance program or seeking support with understanding Medicare regulatory guidance, First Coast offers resources for all types of Medicare personnel ranging from the seasoned auditor to the newly enrolled provider. 

Staying informed and connected benefits your personal growth and supports your organization’s success – making it an investment. Bring back practical insights and resources to your organization to support better decision making, reduction of risk, and methods to better prepare and adapt to change.

Education

Attendees from various roles often leave our sessions with relevant insights specific to their roles but also, knowledge, tips, and best practices designed to streamline workflows, improve efficiencies, and reduce costly errors.

In March we are offering the following compliance-focused events:
Medicare Navigator Compliance series

The Medicare Navigator Foundations of Compliance Workshop series is intended to support Medicare compliance, accurate billing and documentation standards.

Hear directly from subject matter experts as they deliver practical strategies and industry insights you can immediately apply to your organization:

• Elements of a comprehensive compliance program
• Options to report and correct claim errors
• Policies (national and local) and reasonable and necessary criteria to determine Medicare coverage
• Purposeful documentation requirements
• Medicare Integrity Program (MIP) contractors

StayConnected Workshop series

New to Medicare? Whether you are a provider, biller, coder, compliance officer or serve in some other role, let us connect you to Medicare program requirements and resources by attending our New Provider workshop series. 

Visit our Event Calendar for a full listing of webinars available for registration.

Missed an event? First Coast publishes a wide selection of webinar recordings and click-and-play videos to our On-Demand Learning center.

Tools and Resources

We offer innovative tools and resources designed to help you stay knowledgeable, compliant, and confident in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

• The FastTrack to Medicare Coverage Policies tool provides step-by-step guidance to critical Medicare policy resources. The tool assists in mitigating risk for billed items and services and aligning documentation with regulatory guidance.

• Use these compliance tools which consolidate multiple resources into easy-to-query solutions for claim preparation and submission to prevent billing errors:

  • Fee Schedule Lookup allows access to an interactive fee lookup tool for providers to stay up to date on the most recent fee schedule information.

  • NCCI Procedure-to-Procedure Lookup Tool helps providers identify when certain codes are subject to the automated code pair edits under the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Program.

• CMS launched multiple new prior authorization program initiatives in 2026. Use the Prior Authorization Code Lookup Tool as a validation resource to determine if a code is subject to a prior authorization program.

• Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is a healthcare process ensuring patient records are accurate, complete, and clear, which aids in billing, reimbursement and quality care. Avoid common documentation gaps by utilizing First Coast's Medical Documentation Checklists. The checklists provide guidance for documenting services to comply with requests for submission of medical records.

• SPOT is a free, secure internet-portal offering providers, billing services, and clearinghouses the ability to verify eligibility, monitor billing habits, and access reimbursement information to keep their organizations on track.

  • Obtain a detailed comparison of a provider's billing patterns:

    • The Provider Data Summary (PDS) contains comparative data compiled from claims finalized over a designated report period.

  • The Comparative Billing Report (CBR) furnishes a detailed examination of the comparative data that Medicare considers when determining how the provider’s billing patterns contrast with those of other providers of the same specialty.

• Self-service tools provide instant results with a minimal amount of input. View our full listing:

• Part A Self-Service Tools and Forms

• Part B Self-Service Tools and Forms

• Subscribing to our eNews is a great way to stay informed for continued compliance with the Medicare Program.