Avoiding Rejected Applications – Correct Form Version?
For providers and suppliers that utilize the Medicare enrollment application forms, in lieu of Internet PECOS, it is important to confirm the current version of each form prior to its […]
PECOS Basics
Reassignment Guidance — Assists Newly Enrolling Groups
Rather than incorporating its reassignment policy guidance into Chapter 15 of the Medicare Program Integrity Manual, which contains other Medicare enrollment policies, CMS placed this guidance into a new Chapter […]
Hospital Payment Delays for Unreported Practice Locations
The revalidation process and increased sanctions for non-compliance with the requirements to update Medicare enrollment has not succeeded in ensuring all providers understand the importance of having accurate Medicare enrollment […]
Don’t Hesitate — Revalidate
Revalidation efforts are underway again, but this time for all providers and suppliers. When CMS revised the Medicare enrollment rules in June 2006, one change was to require each provider […]
Medicare Enrolled Providers – Is Your PECOS Data Current?
Sanctions for Failure to Provide Timely Updates Although Medicare-enrolled providers and suppliers historically were required to provide notice of changes in enrollment data, prior to the Medicare enrollment rule changes […]
PECOS Basics
PECOS, the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System, is a national electronic database for recording and retaining data on Medicare-enrolled providers and suppliers. CMS developed PECOS as a mechanism to […]