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CMS unsure when claims rejection will start after ordering, referring deadline
You still have time to enroll your physicians and other providers in its Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) before the ordering/referring deadline on Jan. 3. However, you may end up getting even more time in 2011. CMS has not yet decided when it will turn on claims processing edits that will make sure the ordering/referring provider listed on a claim is in PECOS.
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