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Challenges and Innovations: Solutions for a Changing Workers’ Comp World Join us for our 23rd Annual Medical Conference taking place in beautiful Whitefish, MT! When: Wednesday, May 14 through Friday, May 16, 2025 Where: The Lodge at Whitefish Lake1380 Wisconsin AveWhitefish, MT 59937 Below is the lineup of speakers. Details about their presentation times and…

Red Lodge, MT will be the site for the 2024 Medical Conference slated for May 15-17, 2024. Details coming soon. Click here to view the presentations from the 2023 conference.

What is an NPI?The NPI is the National Provider Identifier that is used by Medicare to be able to track where practitioners are providing services.  MSF uses them for similar reasons but these numbers are also required for reporting information to National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI).  The NPI Registry is found at NPPES NPI…

When you submit reconsideration requests or any other type of information you want us to notice, please do not highlight. Highlighted materials do not image. And when scanned, it is blacked out.   For best results, only use a black or blue pen (red pen disappears in a scan) and emphasize with the following:

We are approaching the anniversary of the timely filing rule that took effect July 1, 2022.  The Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) added the Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM) rule 24.29.1402(1)(c) which in part states: (c)A provider of medical treatment or services shall only be paid for services under this chapter if the…

When you submit a reconsideration request, please attach a copy of the EOR with the request.  This readily identifies it as a reconsideration request and does not get processed as a duplicate. When you submit a corrected bill, please mark the billing form as a correction. The original billing should remain the same, with the…