General Surgery Coding Alert

1. Is the provider's Medicare correspondence address on file current and reliable? If not, the provider may not receive a revalidation request and miss the deadline.

2. Does the provider have processes in place to track pertinent information on new and existing board members and managing employees?

3. Does the provider actively track all practice locations that are billed as provider-based?

4. Is the provider prepared to submit all required supporting documentation with a complete CMS-855, such as legal formation documents, state licenses, IRS tax ID confirmations, certifications, EFT bank account letters, and NPI confirmations?

5. Do the provider's NPIs accurately reflect applicable provider numbers and taxonomy codes, legal business names, etc.?

6. When submitting a revalidation application, does the application accurately reflect all practice locations?

7. Are Section 5's included for all organizational owners and managers, including chain home offices?

8. Are Section 6's included for all board members and at least one W-2 managing employee?

9. Does the provider retain copies of all Medicare enrollment applications, including initial enrollments, changes of information or ownership, and revalidations?

10. Does the provider file CMS-855 changes of information within 90 days of all changes to practice locations, board members, managing employees, owners, authorized officials, and delegated officials?

11. Does the provider have a CMS-issued provider-based determination for each practice location listed in the 855 (if applicable)?

Special thanks: List of questions provided by Murer Consultants Inc.