tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 14

ENROLLMENT: Enrollment Disasters Leave Practices In Cash-Flow Limbo

You could advance 4 months' credit to Medicare for new doctors.If your carrier is First Coast Service Options or Trailblazer Health Enterprises, you could be waiting a third of a year or more for provider numbers. Heads up: Enrollment problems with some carriers don't affect just new physicians. If some of your physicians haven't updated their information since November 2003, then the carriers may force you to resubmit a complete 855 application form, leaving you in the same mess.A "perfect storm" of bureaucratic problems has slowed enrollments at some carriers to a crawl, say experts. For one...

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