Skilled Nursing Facilities and Swing Bed Educational Materials
Educational materials include a reference guide to the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS), a list of references that address specific topics, and tools that provide information to help you understand the Medicare benefit and how Cahaba processes your claims.
Skilled Nursing Facilities Conditions for Participation—42 CFR 483 
Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Reference Guide
Foreword | FISS Overview | Checking Beneficiary Eligibility | Inquiry Menu | Claims and Attachments | Claims Corrections | Online Reports View
Skilled Nursing and Swing Bed Facility Medicare References
Medicare Overview | Coverage Guidelines | For Your Information | Outpatient Therapies | Claims Filing | Medicare Secondary Payer | Appeals
Skilled Nursing/ Swing Bed Quick Reference Tools
- Additional Development Request
- ELGA and ELGH Overview of Key Fields
- Medicare Appeal Process
- Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Billing
- Resources for New Clinicians
- Resources for New Billers
- Skilled Nursing and Swing Bed Benefits
- Skilled Nursing Facility Demand Denial Checklist
- Skilled Nursing Facility Self Audit Checklist
Online Education Opportunities
- Adjusting and Canceling Claims
- Appeals Process
- CERT (Comprehensive Error Rate Test)
- Checking Claims Status
- Comprehending Medicare Claims Processing
- Electronic Data Interchange
- Insight into Medicare Coding
- Introduction to Medicare Cost Report
- Medicare Secondary Payer
- Overview of Medicare
- Provider Enrollment
- Skilled Nursing/Swing Bed PPS Consolidated Billing
- Verifying Beneficiary Eligibility
Additional Resources from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Understanding the Remittance Advice: A Guide for Medicare Providers, Physicians, Suppliers, and Billers
- Medicare Learning Network
- Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Spell of Illness Quick Reference Chart
- Outpatient Code Editor Web Based Training
Page last updated: May 7, 2008
