tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 7
ENROLLMENT: CMS Delays Ordering/Referring PECOS Regulation Until 2011
Take the extra time to get your practice registered in PECOS -- don't wait until the end of the year, CMS reps say. Practices that were busily struggling to find out whether their ordering/referring physicians' national provider identifiers (NPIs) were in the PECOS system can relax a little bit -- at least until next year. If your physician performs a service as the result of an order or referral, your claim must include the ordering or referring practitioner's NPI, and that number must be in the Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) or the payer's computer system...
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