tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 12

CMS: Physicians Brace for New Provider Enrollment Reg

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' new provider enrollment regulation will inflict chaos and confusion on unsuspecting physicians, industry reps say.CMS held its latest Open Door Forum for physicians on June 16, and almost all of the questions concerned its enrollment reg, proposed April 25. Physicians and their representatives complained that the scheme will overwhelm Medicare carriers and create unnecessary duplication.The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act already imposes a national provider enrollment number on physicians as part of its transaction standards, said Jack Emery, Washington lobbyist for the American Medical Association. "Why is it we're...

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