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Novitasphere is your office’s key to saving valuable time and money! Novitasphere is a FREE, secured internet portal for the provider community  to use to easily connect directly to Novitas Solutions to:

Perform claim corrections
Obtain beneficiary eligibility
Check claim status
Submit claims
Retrieve and print remittance advices
Obtain comparative billing reports
Submit medical review records

See Novitasphere Enrollment Instructions for Providers Offices and/or Novitasphere Enrollment Instructions for Billing Services & Clearinghouses.

The Novitasphere New User Checklist is to be used as a reminder of items required for all new portal customers.



Novitas Solutions is here to help you improve the accuracy of your Medicare claims submission, because ACCURACY MATTERS and avoiding rework to correct claims that could have been submitted for payment consideration correctly the first time will save everyone time and money.



Click here to view important online self-service tools and resources to achieve bullseye-accuracy.



When a mistake does happen, because let’s face it, we all make mistakes, please the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) for a fast and easy way to correct your claims online. FISS allows you to connect directly to Novitas via a NovitasphereSecure DDE Vendor to correct an unlimited number of claims in the Return to Provider (RTP) status location, 24/7

FISS training manual

Providers can appeal the Medicare payment decisions, once an initial claim determination is made. View How to Complete the FP1000 Clerical Reopening Form for more details.



CMS Internet-Only Manuals for access to Medicare publications
CMS Email Updates allows you to join the CMS distribution list to receive Medicare updates
Medicare Learning Network General Information offers additional education resources specific to Medicare providers
New Provider Resources for CMS useful links
Quick Reference New Medicare Provider for the CMS Welcome to Medicare document
Acronyms & Abbreviations assist with "What's that stand for?" Find out in this comprehensive A-Z listing of acronyms used throughout this website and in the Medicare program.