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Noridian Medicare announces web-based provider enrollment workshops

Noridian, the Medicare Administrative Contractor for California, announced that it will offer web-based workshops focusing on provider enrollment. These webinars are intended for the Part B provider using the online Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) to change enrollment information, track revalidation or set up a sole proprietorship. The Internet-based PECOS process can be used in lieu of the Medicare enrollment application (i.e., paper form CMS-855). The advantages of PECOS are: Faster than paper-based enrollment (45-day processing time in most cases, vs. 60 days for paper) ...

Noridian sends out another wave of Medicare revalidation requests

As called for under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have been requiring physicians to revalidate their Medicare enrollments. Between now and March 23, 2015, MACs will continue reaching out to physicians, notifying them of the need to revalidate. The most recent round of revalidations requests went out by December 30, 2013.   The revalidation requirement is necessitated by new screening criteria called for under the ACA. Newly enrolling and revalidating providers will be placed in one of three screening categories representing the level of risk to the ...