Special Open Door Forum: Medicare Provider & Supplier Enrollment

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Special Open Door Forum:

Medicare Provider & Supplier Enrollment

April 30, 2009

2:00PM - 3:30PM ET

 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum (ODF) to discuss the availability of Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) and the implementation of regulatory provisions.  During this call CMS staff will discuss the:

�      Internet-based PECOS for physicians, non-physician practitioners and provider and supplier organizations

�      Provider and supplier reporting responsibilities

�        Final Adverse Actions

�        Change of Practice Locations

�        Change of Ownership

�        Other Reportable Events

�      Effective date of Medicare billing privileges and retrospective billing for physicians, certain non-physician practitioners, and physician and non-physician practitioner organizations

�      Revalidation Efforts

Afterwards, there will be an opportunity for the public to ask questions.

 

We look forward to your participation.

Open Door Forum Instructions:

**Capacity is limited so dial in early. You may begin dialing into this forum as early as 1:45 PM ET.**

Dial: 1-800-837-1935

Reference Conference ID 94109369

Note: TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired. For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880 and for Internet Relay services click here http://www.consumer.att.com/relay/which/index.html . A Relay Communications Assistant will help.

 

An audio recording of this Special Forum will be posted to the Special ODF website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/05_ODF_SpecialODF.asp and will be accessible for downloading beginning Monday May 11, 2009 and available for 30 days.

 

For automatic emails of Open Door Forum schedule updates (E-Mailing list subscriptions) and to view Frequently Asked Questions please visit our website at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/

 

Thank you.

 

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note:  If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. 

If you received this message as part of the All FFS Providers listserv, you are currently subscribed to one of eighteen Medicare Fee-For-Service provider listservs.  If you would like to be removed from all NIH listservs, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm) to unsubscribe.  If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.