Fiscal Intermediary "Ask the Contractor" Library

[Dr Kathy Terry]

On January 20 and on January 25, 2005 Empire Medicare Services held the first two sessions in their new Ask the Contractor Series. These calls were similar to the CMS Open Forum calls, with information presented to attendees and an opportunity for participant questions.

Attached are the summaries and the powerpoint slides for these teleconferences.

You may visit their website to stay abreast of upcoming training events at www.empiremedicare.com/traina/partatraining.htm (http://www.empiremedicare.com/traina/partatraining.htm)

[Dr Kathy Terry]

Don't forget to continue to check at www.empiremedicare.com/traina/partatraining.htm (http://www.empiremedicare.com/traina/partatraining.htm) for upcoming trainings.

Providers can also send any questions to the Empire Provider Inquiries staff at: partaprovider@empireblue.com.

[Dr Kathy Terry]

Thank you for attending the Medicare Appeals teleconference on April 5,
2005. We apologize for the technical difficulties experienced while
opening and printing the documents and appreciate your patience while we
updated the training materials.

The link below will bring you directly to our website and the training
materials. For your convenience, we have updated the presentation to
include all of the speaker's notes. Please print the presentation in the
"notes pages" view to ensure you receive the presentation as well as the
notes. This document will serve as our training summary for the Appeals
presentation.
www.empiremedicare.com/traina/partatraining.htm (https://gwa.sdps.org/servlet/webacc?merge=linkurl&Url.linkText=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eempiremedicare%2ec om%2ftraina%2fpartatraining%2ehtm)
Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the Appeals information in
the Completed Sessions section.


We would like to gather more information from our providers on the Appeals
process. The link below contains a questionnaire designed to help us
better understand your educational needs. Please provide feedback at:
http://empiremedicare.com/traina/atrainingsurvey.htm (https://gwa.sdps.org/servlet/webacc?merge=linkurl&Url.linkText=http%3a%2f%2fempiremedicare%2ecom%2ft raina%2fatrainingsurvey%2ehtm)


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During the call, providers asked some questions that
required research. The responses to those questions are now available on
our website: www.empiremedicare.com/traina/partatraining.htm (https://gwa.sdps.org/servlet/webacc?merge=linkurl&Url.linkText=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eempiremedicare%2ec om%2ftraina%2fpartatraining%2ehtm).
Scroll down to the Completed Sessions section
The summary is listed under April Open Forum

Please note that the summary is in PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat
reader software; a link to download this free software has been provided
for your convenience: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html (https://gwa.sdps.org/servlet/webacc?merge=linkurl&Url.linkText=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eadobe%2ecom%2fprod ucts%2facrobat%2freadstep2%2ehtml)

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