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Answers to Your Top Medicare Enrollment Questions
Don’t assume the online Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) process is too complicated and that you’re better off enrolling on paper. PECOS has undergone a facelift that eases the process, but you have to learn some basics to … Continue reading
Verify Your Registration with PECOS, the MAC, and the EHR Registration System
CMS recommends you take the following steps in order to successfully register for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.
PTANs in PECOS
After many requests and a long process, Medicare IDs (PTANs) may now be viewed within the PECOS interface.
The All Elusive Medicare PTAN
I recently fielded this question on the listserve of the National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants. QUESTION: Suppose a client has been billing Medicare since 1974 with not many problems. In 2012, a few claims were not paid and … Continue reading
Posted in CMS, Medicare, Miscellaneous, Practice Management, Uncategorized
Tagged NPI, NPPES, PTAN
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PECOS surrogate program – how you can legally enroll on behalf of providers
Your longstanding but technically illegal habit of allowing non-physician staff to log into CMS’ web-based Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) using the physician’s username and password soon will become legal under a new surrogate program. But you must … Continue reading
Posted in CMS, Credentialing, Healthcare, MAC, Medicare, PECOS, Practice Management, Regulatory, Revalidation, Uncategorized
Tagged AO, CMS, EHR, NPPES, PECOS, surrogate
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