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CMS Makes Revalidation Process Permanent

Published on Wed Oct 24, 2012

Plus: Medicare begins accepting faxed, emailed supporting documents.If CMS's revalidation process has been a thorn in your side, the bad news is you'll have to get used to it, because the project will be permanent. However, the bright side is that the agency has made vast improvements to the process since its inception, which should make for smoother sailing going forward.That was the word from an Oct. 10 CMS National Provider Call with the agency's Provider Enrollment Operations Group. "Revalidation is here to stay," said CMS's Mark Majestic during the call. "The DME suppliers will revalidate every three years and all other providers and suppliers will revalidate every five years," he added.Background: The revalidation project was mandated by the Affordable Care Act, and requires all 1.5 million providers and suppliers enrolled in Medicare to revalidate prior to March 25, 2015. All letters requiring revalidation will be sent by that date, [...]
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