Are you enrolled in PECOS?
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In order to receive incentive payments from the Medicare EHR incentive program that begins in 2011, physicians must have an enrollment record in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS).
It is possible to bill and receive payments from Medicare without being in the system, so if you plan on participating in the EHR incentive program, you may want to take a moment to verify your PECOS enrollment. Information about how to check your enrollment is online. Another inducement to be sure your enrollment information is in PECOS is that the ability of individuals, such as specialist colleagues, and entities to which you refer beneficiaries to get paid for services, tests, and items could be jeopardized in the near future if you are not in the system.
More information about the EHR incentive program can be found on the CMS website.