Over the last year, we have listened to your feedback about the Medicare online
enrollment system, PECOS ("Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System").
As a result, we've made upgrades in order to reduce data entry time and
increase access to information.
Providers and staff using internet-based PECOS will now see the following
improvements:
§ Electronic Signature - You now have the ability to digitally sign and
certify the application.
§ Access to More Information - Now you can see if a request for revalidation
has been sent by your MAC.
§ Multiple Views of Your Information - Switch between Topic View and Fast
Track View:
o The Fast Track View allows you to quickly review all enrollment information
on a single screen.
§ Overall Usability - We are making the system easier to use:
o You can access previously-used address information when completing an
application.
o You can quickly update and resubmit an application returned for correction
via internet-based PECOS as part of any application submission.
o You will have fewer screens and steps to navigate when you are changing
information or revalidating your application(s).
Learn more about PECOS at https://PECOS.CMS.hhs.gov, and be on the look-out for
more enhancements in the coming months!
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It's Not too Late to Give and Get the Flu Vaccine. Take advantage of each
office visit and protect your patients against the seasonal flu. Medicare will
continue to pay for the seasonal flu vaccine and its administration for all
Medicare beneficiaries through the entire flu season. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommends that patients, healthcare workers
and caregivers be vaccinated against the seasonal flu. Protect your patients.
Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get the Flu Vaccine-Not the Flu.
Remember - The flu vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits.
CMS has posted the 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine payment limits at
http://www.CMS.gov/McrPartBDrugAvgSalesPrice/10_VaccinesPricing.asp. Note that
the flu vaccine is NOT a Part D-covered drug.
For more information on coverage and billing of the flu vaccine and its
administration, as well as related educational provider resources, visit
http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and
http://www.cms.gov/immunizations.
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