Revalidation:
Clear Up Your Medicare Re-Enrollment Questions With This Update
Published on Mon Nov 05, 2012
Missed deadline means 'deactivation' instead of 'revocation.' When you receive your lab's Medicare revalidation notice, you need to be armed with the most accurate information available to make sure you don't lose your ability to provide Medicare services. Good news: CMS has made improvements to the re-enrollment process, according to an Oct. 10 CMS National Provider Call with the agency's Provider Enrollment Operations Group. Bad news: "Revalidation is here to stay," said CMS's Mark Majestic during the call. "DME [durable medical equipment] suppliers will revalidate every three years and all other providers and suppliers will revalidate every five years," he added. Background: The Affordable Care Act mandated the revalidation project to prevent fraud, and requires all 1.5 million providers and suppliers enrolled in Medicare to revalidate their enrollment prior to March 25, 2015. If you haven't received your revalidation request yet, you can expect it in the mail sometime within [...]