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* Revised PECOS Sample Letter - Let Physicians know what Pecos is and that they should register
PECOS WEBSITE
PECOS supports the Medicare provider and supplier enrollment process by capturing provider/supplier information from the CMS-855 family of forms. The system manages, tracks, and validates enrollment data collected in both paper form and electronically via the Internet.
This website allows registered users to securely and electronically manage Medicare enrollment information. Registered users may:
CMS PECOS WEBSITE
CMS LISTSERVE ARTICLE
As stated in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provider listserv messages that were sent last fall concerning CRs 6417 and 6421, CMS has made available a file that contains the National Provider Identifier (NPI) and the name (last name, first name) of all physicians and non-physician practitioners who are of a type/specialty that is eligible to order and refer in the Medicare program and who have current enrollment records in Medicare (i.e., they have enrollment records in PECOS that contain an NPI). This file is downloadable from the Medicare provider/supplier enrollment web site: www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll: click on "Ordering/Referring Report" on the left-hand side.
This .pdf file contains approximately 800,000 records. A new file will be made available periodically that will replace the posted file; at any given time, only one file (the most recent) will be available. The file can be viewed online. In addition, it can be downloaded by users with technical expertise and further sorted or manipulated. It can also be used to search for a particular physician or non-physician practitioner by NPI or by name. Please note the following: (1) Records are in alphabetical order based on the surname of the physician or non-physician practitioner. (2) Name suffixes (e.g., Jr.), if they exist, are not displayed. (3) There are no "duplicates" in the file. Many physicians or non-physician practitioners share the same first and last name; their corresponding NPIs are the assurance of uniqueness. (4) Deceased physicians and non-physician practitioners are not included in the file. (5) If a user is unsure of a physician or non-physician practitioner's NPI, he or she can look it up in the NPI Registry (https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/NPIRegistryHome.do).
DMEFree Comment:
Maintaining and searching a pdf file is often beyond the ability of the average supplier, that is why we created the free to use and truely searchable PECOS LISTING only available at DMEFREE.COM
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