DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 2 (February)

CMS delays enforcement of PECOS ordering/referring rule until 2011

CMS backed off its April 5 deadline to enforce a new mandate requiring ordering and referring physicians be in the agency's Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) in order to pay a claim for the ordered or referred service. But don't breathe easy just yet. CMS hasn't backed away from the rule change entirely.

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