Please note that the Medicare provider enrollment revalidation effort does not change other aspects of the enrollment process. Providers should continue to submit routine changes - address updates, reassignments, additions to practices, changes in authorized officials, information updates, etc - as they always have. If you also receive a request for revalidation from the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), respond separately to that request. Do not submit your revalidation until requested to do so by your MAC.
All providers and suppliers who enrolled in the Medicare program prior to Friday, March 25, 2011 will have their enrollment revalidated under new risk screening criteria required by the Affordable Care Act (section 6401a). Do NOT to send in revalidated enrollment forms until you are notified to do so by your MAC. You will receive a notice to revalidate between now and March 2013. For more information about provider enrollment revalidation, review the Medicare Learning Network's Special Edition Article #SE1126<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1126.pdf>, titled "Further Details on the Revalidation of Provider Enrollment Information." ----------------------------------------------------------- Vaccinate Early to Protect Against the Flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a yearly flu vaccination as the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses. Remind your patients that annual vaccination is recommended for optimal protection. Medicare pays for the flu vaccine and its administration for seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries with no co-pay or deductible. Take advantage of each office visit and start protecting your patients as soon as your 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine arrives. And, don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. Get the Flu Vaccination -- Not the Flu. Remember - Influenza vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. Note that influenza vaccine is NOT a Part D covered drug. For information about Medicare's coverage of the influenza vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational resources for health care professionals and their staff, please visit http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp. --------------------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
