Over the coming months and years, CMS Medicare Administrative Contractors will ask providers to submit a complete and up-to-date enrollment application. You will be able to submit your application via paper (CMS-855 form) or electronically through the internet-based PECOS (Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System). CMS urges you to use internet-based PECOS for responding to the request for revalidation - and for most other updates that may need to be made to your provider enrollment records.
Between now and April 2012, CMS will continue to improve internet-based PECOS to make it easier for you to update your information and submit your revalidation application. We have already streamlined the application process with fewer screens and new helpful prompts to let you know if information is incomplete. Once enrolled in PECOS, you can review your existing information online, make changes, and submit the revalidated application without having to complete the entire application. You are also able to pay the application fee (if applicable) during the online submission process. Soon internet-based PECOS will be improved to: * Allow you to view all application data on a single screen, reducing data entry and duplication of data * Allow you to easily manage and search your enrollment applications, as well as upload multiple applications at one time * Simplify the registration process for Authorized Representatives * Eliminate separate mailing of most documents through digital document upload for support documents Use internet-based PECOS - it's faster, safe, and secure. To log on, visit https://PECOS.CMS.hhs.gov. Vaccination is the Best Protection Against the Flu The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging everyone 6 months of age and older to get vaccinated against the seasonal flu. The risks for complications, hospitalizations, and deaths from the flu are higher among individuals aged 65 years and older. Medicare pays for the seasonal flu vaccine and its administration for seniors and others with Medicare with no co-pay or deductible. And remember, vaccination is particularly important for healthcare workers, who may spread the flu to high-risk patients; don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. Protect your patients. Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get the Flu Vaccination - Not the Flu. Remember - The flu vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. CMS has posted the 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine payment limits at http://www.CMS.gov/McrPartBDrugAvgSalesPrice/10_VaccinesPricing.asp. Note that the flu vaccine is NOT a Part D-covered drug. For more information on coverage and billing of the flu vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational provider resources, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and http://www.cms.gov/immunizations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
