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Medicare This Week: Private E/M Billing Reports, Two Free Calls on eRx and 5010, Revised Medicare Conditions of Participation

  • CMS to Start Accepting Suggestions for PQRS Measures and Measure Groups (jump to story)

  • New Rules Finalized by Health and Human Services to Cut Regulations for Hospitals and Health Care Providers  (jump to story)

  • Denise Buenning from CMS Answers the Industry’s Top Questions about the Version 5010 Upgrade (jump to story)

  • Last Chance to Register for National Provider Call – Physician Quality Reporting System & Electronic Prescribing (eRx) (jump to story)

  • CMS to Release a Comparative Billing Report on Evaluation and Management Services (jump to story)

  • May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19 is National Hepatitis Testing Day (jump to story)

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Medicare Physician Revalidation Extended Two Years to March 2015 and a Sample Revalidation Letter

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the revalidation period for another 2 years.  This will allow for a smoother process for provider and contractors.  Revalidation notices will now be sent through March of 2015.
IMPORTANT: This does not affect those providers which have already received a revalidation notice.  If you have received a revalidation notice from your contractor, respond to the request by completing the application either through internet-based PECOS or completing the appropriate 855 application form.

The first set of revalidation notices went to providers who are billing, but are not currently in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS).  To identify these providers, contractors searched their local systems and if a Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN) for a physician was not in PECOS, a revalidation request for that physician was sent.  CMS asks all providers who receive a request for revalidation to respond to that request.

For providers NOT in PECOS – the revalidation letter will be sent to the special payments or primary practice address because CMS doesn’t have a correspondence address.  For providers in PECOS – the revalidation letter will be sent to the special payments and correspondence addresses simultaneously; if these are the same it will also be mailed to the primary practice address.  If you believe you are not in PECOS and have not yet received a revalidation letter, contact your Medicare contractor.  Contact information may be found here.

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