Skip to main content
First Coast Service Options home
  • Home
  • SPOT
  • FAQs
  • Specialties/Services
  • Topics
  • Contact Us/IVR
  • Español
Subscribe to eNews Contact us / IVR
First Coast Service Options home
  • Home
  • SPOT
  • FAQs
  • Specialties/Services
  • Topics
  • Contact Us/IVR
  • Español
Subscribe to eNews Contact us / IVR
  • Claims & EDI

    Fee Schedule Lookup

    Appeal Status

    SPOT

    Appeal Timeliness

    TIBCO Gateway Password Change

    Reason Code Lookup

    ERA Reload Requests

    Credit Balance Status

    • Claims & EDI
    • Appeals, Reopenings, & Overpayments
    • Billing & Coding
    • Claims Resources
    • Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
    • Fee Schedules
  • Claims & EDI

    Fee Schedule Lookup

    Modifiers

    SPOT

    Appeals Status

    TIBCO Gateway Password Change

    Appeals Timeliness

    ERA Reload Requests

    Reopening Gateway

    • Claims & EDI
    • Appeals, Reopenings, & Overpayments
    • Billing & Coding
    • Claims Resources
    • Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
    • Fee Schedules
  • Enrollment

    Enroll Online (PECOS)

    Status of Application

    Application Assistance Tool

    Enrollment Gateway

    • Enrollment
    • New Enrollment
    • Enrolling / Reporting Changes
    • Revalidation
    • Tips
  • Learning Center

    Events Calendar

    MyCEU Certificate Gateway

    On-Demand Learning

    New to Medicare?

    • Learning center
    • CMS Education
    • Latest Medicare Updates
  • Policy & Review Programs

    LCD Interactive Index

    Journey to LCD Coverage

    Prior Authorization

    CERT Program

    • Policy & Review Programs
    • LCDs / Medical Policy
    • Compliance & Review
    • Audit & Reimbursement
  • Tools & Forms

    SPOT

    Fee Schedule Lookup

    Enrollment / Revalidation Status

    LCD Interactive Index

    • Tools & Forms
    • Appeals
    • Billing / Coding
    • Claims
    • Compliance / Review
    • EDI / SPOT
    • Enrollment
    • Overpayments
  • Home
  • SPOT
  • FAQs
  • Specialties/Services
  • Topics
  • Contact Us/IVR
  • Home
  • Search results

Search results

Filter by type

  • Article
  • Downloads

Line of business

  • (-) Part A (123)
  • Part B (135)

Category

  • (-) Medical review (123)
  • Claims compliance and review (1)
  • Cost reporting / audit (1)
  • EDI (1)

Filter by date

  • Last 30 days
  • Last 90 days
30 of 123 results
Previous searches:
Popular searches: Fees | Opt out

Signature guidelines: 20-day timeframe for additional documentation requests

December 23, 2025
When a medical reviewer contacts the provider requesting to submit an attestation statement or signature log to authenticate a medical record, the provider must submit the attestation statement or signature log within 20-calendar days.

Breakdown of Common Minimum Data Set (MDS) errors

December 23, 2025
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.

Checklist: Community mental health centers (CMHC) or partial hospitalization program (PHP)

December 23, 2025
This checklist is an aid to assist providers when responding to medical record documentation requests pertaining to community mental health centers (CMHC) or partial hospitalization program (PHP).

Medical necessity requirements for skilled nursing facility (SNF) admissions

December 23, 2025
This questionnaire is intended to provide health care providers with a reference for use when screening a new patient for a SNF admission. This criteria is required to meet Medicare guidelines for a SNF covered stay and medical necessity.

Medical documentation checklists

December 23, 2025
Use the links on the left to access checklists to ensure you have met medical documentation requirements based on specific services.

Signature requirements: Guidelines for authentication of Medicare services

December 23, 2025
CMS requires that any Medicare service provided or ordered must be authenticated by the author - the one who provided or ordered that service. This article outlines acceptable forms of authentication.

Targeted probe and educate (TPE) round results: Surgical services - nail cutting / pairing and debridement (CPT 11055-11057, 11719-11721 & HCPC G0127)

December 23, 2025
View targeted probe and educate (TPE) round results for nail cutting / pairing and debridement (CPT 11055-11057, 11719-11721 & HCPC G0127).

Cervical fusion with disc removal

December 23, 2025
Effective for dates of service July 1, 2021, and after, hospital outpatient department (HOPD) providers will need to obtain prior authorization (PA) for cervical fusion with disc removal if performed in a HOPD setting and billed with the fo…

Prior authorization coversheet instructions

December 23, 2025
To submit a prior authorization request, complete the prior authorization coversheet. Failure to populate every field could result in delays in processing your request, a non-affirmed decision, or a determination that the request is incompl…

Facet joint interventions for pain management

December 23, 2025
Facet joint interventions may be used in pain management for chronic cervical/thoracic and lumbar/sacral pain arising from the paravertebral facet joints. Imaging guidance (fluoroscopy or CT per code descriptor) is used to assure accurate p…
  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹
  • …
  • Page 2
  • Current page 3
  • Page 4
  • …
  • Next page ›
  • Last page Last »
First Coast Service Options

Stay Informed

Subscribe to eNews

Subscribe to First Coast’s eNews to receive the latest Medicare news.

Stay Connected

Contact Us

Contact us Submit an online inquiry
Certified compliance professional
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services logo
ISO 9001:2015 certification
  • Provider website
    • Home
    • Latest news
    • Events calendar
    • About us
  • Helpful links
    • FAQs
    • SPOT portal
    • Tools & forms
    • Acronyms
    • Site map
  • Resources
    • Welcome to Medicare
    • Persons with Medicare
    • CMS.gov
Certified compliance professional
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services logo
ISO 9001:2015 certification
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Corporate Site

©2025 FIRST COAST SERVICE OPTIONS. INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED