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Feds Prod Physicians To Enroll In PECOS

Published on Fri Feb 12, 2010

Will it be enough to help suppliers avoid mass rejections come January? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is making good on its promise to urge physicians to enroll in the Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System before PECOS edits hit durable medical equipment and other Part B claims in 2011. DME and other Part B providers had a near miss with thousands of returned claims due to the ordering physician not being enrolled in PECOS. CMS had slated the edits to begin April 5. Suppliers are worried the problem will occur all over again in January if CMS fails to give doctors an incentive for enrolling in PECOS (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XIX, No. 9, p. 69). CMS isn't handing down any penalties for not enrolling yet, but it has sent physicians a message reminding them of their reporting responsibilities under Medicare and offering pointers on how [...]
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