Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 41
Medicare Enrollment: 10 Steps Help You Avoid PECOS Rejections Come January
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Article Overview
This article covers Medicare’s planned claims processing changes involving ordering and referring provider enrollment data, with emphasis on PECOS and related claim-entry requirements. It is aimed at billing staff, coders, practice managers, and compliance personnel who submit Medicare claims for ordered or referred services. The guidance focuses on general preparation topics, claim-system matching, provider record verification, and administrative steps practices can review before the changes take effect.
Why This Topic Matters
These changes can affect whether Medicare claims process cleanly or are rejected, so practices need to understand the administrative and enrollment issues involved. The article helps readers identify the kinds of services and workflows that may be affected and the areas to review before the implementation date.
Article Sections
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Overview of upcoming Medicare ordering and referring edits
Introduces the planned Medicare claims processing changes and explains why practices are being alerted in advance. Discusses the need to review provider enrollment and claim-submission workflows.
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Part B reminder
Summarizes the Part B claims-processing approach described in the article and the preliminary system checks that occur before a claim is rejected. Covers the systems involved in provider verification.
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10 steps to avoid rejections
Provides an ordered set of preparation topics practices should review before the change date. The section covers provider identification, claim-entry practices, enrollment verification, and administrative readiness.
What You Will Learn
- Which types of Medicare claims are affected by ordering and referring provider enrollment edits
- How PECOS and claims-system records relate to claim processing
- What administrative areas practices should review before the January implementation date
- Which broad service categories may be involved in the new edits
- What claim-submission and enrollment topics deserve internal verification
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing staff
- Practice managers
- Revenue cycle teams
- Compliance staff
- Provider enrollment staff
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