Revalidation effort delayed
3 November 2011
In order to comply with the program integrity screening provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched an effort to revalidate the enrollment of every provider and supplier by March 23, 2013. This effort has now been pushed back to 2015. Physicians will be among the last to revalidate.
In addition to pushing back the revalidation efforts, CMS made improvements to the online Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership (PECOS) system, which include:
- E-signatures
- Electronic document upload
- Batch upload capability
- Seamless password reset
- Enhancements for authorized officials
- Reassignment reports
- New "my enrollments page" and “fast track view” screens
- Fewer duplicative document submission requirements
CMS stated that the PECOS improvements will be implemented before most physicians are asked to revalidate.