Medicare Money will Stop on 4/5/2010 if not enrolled in PECOS
Many providers have not heard of PECOS. PECOS is the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System on the Internet that allows provider and Medicare to maintain enrollments. Both rendering and referring providers need to be enrolled by April 5, 2010 in order for claims to be processed. This means that payment can be held on rendering providers if the referring provider has not completed their enrollment.
Even though Medicare has put messages on remittance advices as early as last summer concerning the development of PECOS, Billing Buddies is concerned that many providers have not realized there is action they need to take. So, we have put a link under the "Extras" tab of our website www.billingbuddies.com. This link will direct you to the government website to enroll. This will give you step by step instructions to do this yourself. Or, if you need support, give us a call and schedule a time.
After all, what's a buddy for?
After all, what's a buddy for?
Happy Charting and Billing,
Bonnie J. Flom; Author of Mastering Medisoft
Ph: 888-322-2455 or 763-546-2455
Billing Buddies
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