Are you sending hardcopy mail to submit your requests to First Coast? Did you know there are faster and easier ways to send your requests to us? Avoid the wait. Learn about the electronic options available for you to submit medical review d…
Learn about various programs which focus on ensuring Medicare compliance. Topics include: Comprehensive error rate testing (CERT), prior authorization, and targeted probe and educate.
Medicare home health referrals must contain information in the medical record from the certifying physician and/or acute/post-acute care facility justifying the referral. Use this checklist to gain an understanding of the criteria necessary…
This checklist is intended to provide health care providers with a reference for use when responding to medical documentation requests for surgical services: cataract extraction.
This checklist is intended to provide health care providers with a reference for use when responding to medical documentation requests for chronic care management (CCM) services.
Blepharoplasty, blepharoptosis repair and brow lift are surgeries that may be performed to improve function or provided strictly for cosmetic reasons. Functional or reconstructive eyelid surgery is performed to improve abnormal function, re…
Vein ablation and related services; some patients may want varicose vein treatment for cosmetic reasons. Medicare does not cover cosmetic surgery or expenses incurred in connection with such surgery.