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Complying with medical record documentation requirements

March 25, 2026
First Coast encourages providers to review this fact sheet designed to help providers understand how to provide accurate and supportive medical record documentation.

Collaborative patient care is a provider partnership

March 25, 2026
Understanding applicable Medicare coverage criteria for medical necessity and documentation guidelines for healthcare services is extremely important for the accurate and timely processing and payment of claims. Partnering with Medicare can…

Medically Unlikely Edits: Avoid denials and appeals by properly coding the first time

March 25, 2026
First Coast wants you to prevent claim denials or appeals by coding the appropriate number of units correctly the first time.

CERT Task Force: Overview presentation

March 26, 2026
The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) A/B MAC Outreach & Education Task Force, a collaboration of all Part A and Part B MACs, has published a presentation providing you with an overview of the task force purpose, updates on new ed…

Breakdown of common Minimum Data Set (MDS) errors: Section A - C

April 14, 2026
The MDS is a tool used for implementing standardized assessment and for facilitating care management in skilled nursing homes and non-critical access hospital swing beds.

Recovery Audit Program

April 27, 2026
Who / what is a recovery auditor? 

CERT A/B MAC Outreach & Education Task Force

April 27, 2026
The nation's leading MACs have joined together to create the CERT A/B MAC Outreach & Education Task Force. This unified educational initiative benefits providers as well as the Medicare program.

Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) checklists

April 21, 2026
These checklists are intended to provide health care providers with a reference for use when responding to CERT documentation requests for the selected claim sample.

CERT awareness month: 2026 CERT documentation deadline

May 6, 2026
Read this article to learn more about the CERT awareness month campaign focusing on responding to CERT documentation requests.

CERT awareness month: Steps to take if you get a CERT documentation request

May 13, 2026
Read this article to learn more about the CERT awareness month campaign focusing on responding to CERT documentation requests.
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