tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2020 Issue Q2

Industry Note: CMS Pushes MFA Requirement Deadline for PECOS, NPPS, and I&A

As the feds roll out more regulatory relief in times of COVID-19, you can take another administrative task off your plate — at least for now. “In an effort to reduce provider burden,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed multi-factor authentication (MFA) requirements for the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) “until further notice,” it says. For the Identity and Access Management System (I&A) and the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), “you have a 360-day grace period to set up MFA after your first login,&rdquo...

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