tci Part B Insider - 2019 Issue Q4
Physician Notes: Plan for MFA Prompts for Part B Provider Online Enrollment
Check with your MAC for implementation woes. Hackers continue to target healthcare with more sophisticated schemes and malware, infiltrating systems and even hijacking the feds. CMS aims to thwart these types of cyber attacks with the help of multifactor authentication (MFA). The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) is implementing MFA as a “second layer of security” across its various provider enrollment systems, including the Identity & Access (I&A) System, Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS), and National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), notes Part B Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) NGS Medicare in a...
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