CMS Opens Annual Medicare Compliance Conference to Sharpen Billing Accuracy Across Fee-for-Service

The 2026 National Provider Compliance Conference opened Tuesday at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina and runs through Wednesday, August 12. CMS and the Centers for Program Integrity host the annual event, which brings together Medicare Administrative Contractors and compliance professionals who process claims for Medicare Part A, Part B, home health and hospice, and durable medical equipment. Sessions include presentations, question-and-answer segments, and panel discussions focused on accurate claims submission and documentation standards. The in-person conference is limited to professionals working with Medicare fee-for-service billing. Accurate claims training is one tool CMS uses to lower improper payment rates in traditional Medicare. Government analyses have identified billions of dollars in improper Medicare payments across recent fiscal years, driven in part by insufficient documentation, incorrect coding, and eligibility errors. By working directly with the contractors that process Medicare claims, CMS aims to build compliance capacity at the point where billing errors are most effectively caught, before a claim is paid.