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Cardiology billing services in New York start with NGS, your Medicare contractor for jurisdiction JK. Its coverage rules for echo, nuclear and monitors can differ from other contractors'. We bill cardiology only, for independent practices across the state, at 3% of collections.
3% of collectionsNo setup feeNo contract
CMS lists National Government Services (NGS) for jurisdiction JK, which includes New York and New England. Medicare local coverage determinations are made by the contractor for its jurisdiction; a coverage decision may differ in another jurisdiction.
The note is where claims slip. It needs the indication, the prior result and the reason for this study, not just a diagnosis code. When the note doesn't say enough, we ask the doctor before the claim goes out.
Commercial products in New York include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (formerly Empire), UnitedHealthcare/Oxford, Aetna, Cigna, and EmblemHealth. State Medicaid managed-care plans include options such as Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, and MetroPlusHealth. Verify product, provider network, and member assignment for each claim.
Upstate examples include Excellus, Independent Health, and Highmark, depending on the product and service area. New York's Department of Financial Services describes state surprise-bill protections and an independent dispute-resolution process for qualifying claims. We check whether the coverage and service meet the applicable criteria rather than treating the protection as universal.
We're built for independent practices of 1 to 10 cardiologists. Echo, vascular, nuclear, monitors or device checks run in the office. Networks and member products can differ across New York service areas, so we verify coverage rather than infer it from a practice's location.
Medicare physician fee schedule locality is tied to the applicable ZIP-to-carrier/locality mapping. We check the current CMS crosswalk for the service location rather than infer a rate from a county or broad region.
Leaving a biller who treats every NGS denial as a surprise? The switch runs on a 60-day plan. Claims keep moving while we work the old A/R, starting with unappealed denials.
Your dedicated biller learns your plans and your doctors, and stays with you.
Your first 60 days with usOpen denials
Unappealed, sorted by deadline
Worked
Appealed or closed, one by one
Yes. NGS covers all of New York, and we bill statewide, from Westchester to Albany to Buffalo.
Yes. We bill each plan by its own authorization and claim rules.
3% of collections. No setup fee, no contract, no per-claim charges.
Review context: Checked official CMS, New York Medicaid, and New York DFS sources on September 30, 2026. This is an administrative source check, not a clinical review, a claim-level coverage determination, legal advice, or a payment guarantee. CMS's current fee-schedule page links a ZIP-to-carrier/locality file updated August 13, 2026; its separate Locality Key table is labeled 2024. No blanket 2026 locality or payment assertion is made here. New York surprise-bill protections are coverage- and service-specific; confirm applicable rules, eligibility, and authorization for each claim.
We review them by study and by payer, free, with no strings.
3% of collectionsNo setup feeNo contract