Revised March 8, 2008
Florida Medicare Provider Web Site Navigation Tutorial
Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs (or a breadcrumb trail) are a navigation technique used to give visitors a way to keep track of their location within the Provider Web site. Breadcrumbs appear horizontally across the top of each Web page just below the header navigation. They provide links back to each previous page that the user navigated through in order to get to the current page. Breadcrumbs also provide a trail for the user to follow back to the starting/entry point of the Web site.
Breadcrumb example:
Navigation prompts
Small icons will alert a user if they are about to leave the Medicare sites or are about to open a document other than a regular Web page.
Navigation prompt example (content listings with icons):
Navigation prompt example (icon legend):
• PDF indicates that the link is internal, but will open with the Adobe Reader.
• Compressed Files (Zipped files) are indicated with the icon for the popular compression utility Winzip.
• PDF with a Globe indicates that the link is external, but will open with the Adobe Reader.
• A globe indicates an external link.
• Flash content requires the Adobe Flash player or Flash plug-in for your Web browser.
Navigation hyperlinks
Medicare is full of acronyms. Acronyms are used most often to abbreviate names and long or frequently referenced terms. They are intended to be helpful but the sheer number of them can be hard to keep track of.
Some acronyms are well known, such as CMS (The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and NPI (National Provider Identifier), but what about the lesser-known ones? Now, acronyms will never get in the way of finding the information that you need. If you are unsure of a particular acronym in this Web site’s navigation, simply hover your mouse over the hyperlink for a moment and the definition will be displayed.
Here is an example on the Provider Outreach & Education main page: POE-AG. By moving your mouse over the hyperlink and leaving it there for just a moment, the full title is displayed.
Another example, this time from the Reference section:
If you need to look up additional information on CMS terms, please visit the list of CMS acronyms 
and the CMS Glossary .
and the CMS Glossary . Header and Horizontal Navigation
Header and horizontal navigation example:
The six main content areas of the Medicare Provider Web site are Home, Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, Provider Outreach & Education, Reference and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). The top header and accompanying horizontal navigation are displayed on each page of the Web site. Additional navigation options include direct links to the Search page, Site Map, Contact page, Help page and eNews signup page. When a visitor has navigated to a particular section of the Web site, the appropriate horizontal menu button is highlighted.
Search
Web site visitors can easily enter search terms in the header section of any page on the Web site.
Search interface example:
The search interface and link to search help document can be found here.
eLearning (Learning Management System)
All providers now have the ability to track, print and record their educational activities with FCSO’s (First Coast Service Options Inc.) Learning Management System (LMS), located at www.fcsomedicaretraining.com
For help with the LMS, please refer to the User Guide for eLearning 
.
.Site Map
The sitemap is a site index of the Medicare Web site. It is a Web page that lists the Content pages on the Medicare Web site, organized in hierarchical fashion. The sitemap can help visitors to this site find Web pages.
Site map (partial) example:
The full site map can be found here.
Content Presentation
Each of the main six content areas has a “landing page” with Headlines, left-navigation links, and bottom-navigation links in addition to the standard Web site footer. The Headlines content items are new and fresh content to be displayed predominately in the appropriate section of the Web site. Left and bottom navigation bring visitors to another level of detail on the Web site.
Content presentation example (top navigation main/index page):
Content presentation example (content page):
On “Content Pages”, visitors can easily determine content freshness based on the last modified date displayed in the upper-right corner of the page. FCSO and/or CMS source information (if applicable) is displayed at the very bottom-right corner of the article.
News & Bulletins section
By bringing together Medicare articles and FCSO publications in one convenient location, this section is your one-stop shop for the latest Medicare news.
Publications are found by selecting the "News & Bulletins" link in the "Quick Find" menu on the Medicare Part A or Part B main page. To view or download current or previous publications, select the "Archives" link in the "Topics:" menu bar at the top of the page.
All articles released during the month will be posted to the "News & Bulletins" page. The page builds chronologically with each new article released so providers can stay up-to-date on the latest Medicare news.
At the end of the month, many of these articles will then be archived into the Medicare Part A and/or Part B publication. Articles not included in the publication will remain on the appropriate Web site pages.
News & Bulletins example:
.Direct links to these sections:
License/Disclaimer
License for use of “Physicians’ Current Procedural Terminology” (CPT). Visitors must accept the license granted to access certain areas of the Provider Web site due to the use of CPT. Acceptance must be granted each time (session) a visitor visits the Provider Web site.
License acceptance page:
Questions and Feedback
Still have questions? We want your feedback…
Please provide your feedback about the Florida Medicare provider Web site via the Web site feedback form. You can access the form under "Tools & Tips" on the homepage; if you’re not on the homepage, you can go to the Contact link at the top of the Web site, or click directly here.
