tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 22

ENROLLMENT: CMS Promises PECOS Problems Resolved By Fall

But a new slew of enrollment problems is on the horizon Promises, promises. Providers have been complaining for months that problems with the Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) are keeping them from billing Medicare even if they make the slightest change in their enrollment information. PECOS took effect last November, and since then providers have encountered nothing but trouble. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services insists it's been dealing with the problem, and allocated some new funds to help the carriers clear the huge stack of provider applications that remain. But still providers have their doubts...

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