CMS UPDATE – MMSEA User Guide 3.0 Released

An updated NGHP MMSEA Curriculum has been released by CMS. For more information go to www.cms.hhs.gov.

MMSEA UPDATE from CMS received on 7/14/2010:

The Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Computer Based Training (CBT) curriculum has been updated per the NGHP User Guide version 3.0 (see table below for listing of new/updated courses). You will continue to be notified as courses are updated or added. To access the curriculum go to this URL: http://nhassociates.na5.acrobat.com/nghpuserguidecurriculum/. For your convenience, we are also providing a copy of the Non-Group Health Plan (NGHP) Curriculum that contains PDF documents of each course. To access these PDF documents go to this URL: http://nhassociates.na5.acrobat.com/s111nghppdf/.

You are also enrolled in a MSP Curriculum. To access the curriculum go to this URL: http://nhassociates.na5.acrobat.com/p67762256/. For your convenience, we are also providing a copy of the MSP Curriculum that contains PDF documents of each course. To access these PDF documents go to this URL: http://nhassociates.na5.acrobat.com/mspcpdfs/. If you have training suggestions, please complete a one question survey found at the following link: http://nhassociates.na5.acrobat.com/p84064307/. If you need any assistance with your login or password, please contact techi@nhassociates.net.

Course :: New Course/ Updated Slides

RRE:  New
Process Overview:  5, 8, 16, 19-22 and 24
Section 111 Registration Part 1:   5, 7, 9, 22, 24 and 27
Section 111 Registration Part 2:  5, 6, 20-23
COBSW-Step1-New Registration:   37, 38
Modifying Section 111 Registration:   New
File Format:  4, 5-7, 9
Claim Input File Overview:  4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 33, 38
Claim Input File Data Elements:   7, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 28, 36
TIN Reference File:   4, 9, 10, 14, 16-18, 21
Initial Claim Input File Submission:   5, 6, 8, 9-10, 14, 16, 21-28, 30
Quarterly Claim Input File Submission:   3, 5, 7, 12-16, 18-20, 22, 26-30, 33
Claim File Events:   5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13-15, 21
Claim File – ORM:   4, 6-8, 12, 15, 17-20, 22, 25, 27-28, 31-33, 35
Claim Response File:  5, 11, 23, 26, 30, 31, 37, 39
Query File:   13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 30-35
Testing Process:   24
Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Section 111 Testing:  3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, and 35
SFTP:   7, 18
HTTPS:  11, 16

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