PECOS enrollment requirement delayed
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CMS has announced a further delay of the deadline for referring or ordering physicians to enroll in the Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Clinicians now have until Jan. 3, 2011, to enroll in the new Internet-based enrollment system. If a physician's enrollment record is not up-to-date by the new deadline, CMS will reject any claims submitted after that date.
To check to see if you have an enrollment record with PECOS, and verify that the information in it is up-to-date, visit the Medicare.gov Web site.