Determine if your beneficiaries have Same or Similar including BatchMode
Checking SNS has never been easier
Simply choose the individual check option, where you will be asked to input some basic beneficiary information, such as MBI, first and last name, DOB, MAC or State, and HCPCS.
Once that is complete you will be returned to the summary log screen and within seconds see an overview of your beneficiaries same and similar status.
If you are a Medicare DME provider who wants to save time and money, you are in the right place. You can check your beneficiaries Medicare same or similar status quickly and efficiently with episode alert letting you get through DME medical billing in no time.
Our easy-to-use system will allow you to see the five-year claim history of the patient with the date of service.
A great feature of our Medicare DME provider tool is you can easily see the modifier for the HCPCS code you ran right on the summary report.
This is extremely useful when running medical necessity determinations of durable medical equipment like braces, orthotics (therapeutic shoes).
Check BatchMode or Single checks
Episode Alert understands the importance of Durable medical equipment suppliers to make sure their customers CMN Status and Same/Similar information is verified to ensure coverage beyond standard eligibility.
Far too many organizations are losing time and money spending hours on IVRs and Medicare portals or dealing with DME/HME software that is hard to understand.
Episode Alert has developed the answer to your frustration, and we have an easy to web-based solution for you.
We got all HCPCS codes needs
What you get with Same or Similar service
No HCPCS codes experience needed
Instantly know the equipment you can or cannot sell to the beneficiary from CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Check Same or Similar by equipment category or HCPCS codes
Check CGS & Noridian beneficiaries all in one place
DME/HME, Physicians, and other providers can check a beneficiary's same or similar status in under a minute with our service.
Allow your sales team the crucial time they need to determine if the DME is within the typical reasonable and useful timeline of five years.
2 easy ways to use this feature
We have also added a handy option most other DME billing software don't have. You can run that SNS patient through or Medicare eligibity checker with a click of a button. This will allow you to confirm that there is no HMO or PPO payer.
It is essential to confirm Medicare is the primary payer otherwise you will not get your reimbursement. Additionally cutting down on your denied claims and spending more time in the claims appeals process.
Import your list and export results to excel
Check CGS & Noridian beneficiaries all in one place.
Unsure which MAC? Select "I will include the State instead" in the dropdown and it will decipher which MAC (Medicare Administrator Contractor) to it pair with.
Import your beneficaries by pasting from excel/sheets, CSV, or tab-delimited text.
Import the beneficiaries state or select a MAC from drop-down.
You bring your beneficiaries from Eligibility BatchMode.
How to import beneficiaries to BatchMode
Import your beneficiary list by copy & pasting an excel spreadsheet, csv text or tab-delimited text.
Select the MAC (ex: CGS or Noridian) or I will include the State (this is if you want us to automatically decipher which MAC matches their state). Enter the HCPCS code (ex: L or A4239).
Get your results! You can export it to excel or view your beneficiaries in our summary log.
Let us answer any questions you may have
Yes, we pull the data straight from CMS so you are getting the most up-to-date patient information.