Industry News: CMS Updates Provider Enrollment Rules (PECOS)
September 9th, 2011

PECOS Enrollment

Section 6401 (a) of the Affordable Care Act required all enrolled Medicare providers to revalidate their enrollment information through the PECOS system.  This has been delayed but recently, CMS provided information that all providers that were enrolled prior to March 25, 2011 will be asked through their MAC to re-enroll.  Notices from the MAC will begin now and end on March 23, 2013.  Providers need to know the following:

**Providers will not be asked to revalidate until they have received notification from their respective MAC.

**Once notification is received, the easiest way to revalidate is through the PECOS system and can be found at https://pecos.cms.hhs.gov         on the CMS website.  This will allow the provider to update and submit revalidation via the Internet.  Once submitted, the provider must print, sign, date and mail the certification statement to their MAC.

**Once submission is completed, a fee of $505 per provider must be submitted.  The easiest way to submit payment is via the site http://www.pay.gov and type CMS in the search box under Find Public Forms.  Click the GO button to submit the fee via the website.

**Failure to submit the enrollment forms may result in the provider losing Medicare billing privileges.

More information about the enrollment process and fees can be found at the following website:

http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM7350.pdf

Posted by Bryan Fryar in PECOS Enrollment for Home Health Providers

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