tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 30

Enrollment: Providers Could See PECOS Mess Within 60 Days

But provider reps frustrated by slow progressAre you upset by the snail's pace of the Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS)?If so, you're not alone. Tens of thousands of providers are still waiting for enrollment or re-enrollment with Medicare.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the carriers are making slow progress in coping with the delayed enrollments, but CMS predicts things will be back to normal within 60 days. "Normal" doesn't mean no pending applications, because the carriers each receive hundreds or even thousands of applications per month. The number of pending enrollments was 72...

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