tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 9

Billing: At Long Last, CMS Agrees to Allow E-Signatures on PECOS Applications

Plus: Avoid adding discharge date to 5010 claims for outpatient services. Ever since CMS began asking practices to complete Medicare enrollments using the online PECOS system, physicians have been asking if they can electronically sign their applications to expedite approval. That answer was always no--until now. On Feb. 29, CMS announced that PECOS "now allows providers and suppliers to sign Medicare enrollment applications electronically." As long as your individual provider application does not include new reassignments, you can e-sign the application. This new rule applies to both physicians and non-physician practitioners, "including those enrolling just to order and...

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