Eli's Hospice Insider

Published on Thu Feb 11, 2021 PDF

You can take one Medicare burden off your plate for now — revalidation.

“During the COVID-19 PHE, CMS will not issue any new revalidation notices, deactivate providers who fail to respond to revalidation requests, or update the Medicare Revalidation Tool at https://data.cms.gov/revalidation with new revalidation due dates,” notes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on its revalidation web page.

“The last dates posted were those due on or before September 30, 2020,” notes consulting firm The Health Group in Morgantown, West Virginia.

However, that doesn’t mean that the MACs have stopped Medicare enrollment renewals altogether. “Revalidation applications submitted to your MAC will continue to be processed but not in an expedited manner,” The Health Group says in its electronic newsletter.

Reminder: Revalidation is CMS’ official term for renewing your provider enrollment, so you can continue to bill Medicare. Providers and suppliers must revalidate every five years while DMEPOS suppliers are required to renew every three years. “CMS also reserves the right to request off-cycle revalidations,” reminds agency guidance.