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CMS Extends Timeline for Revalidation Effort by Two Years

Published on Tue Nov 08, 2011

You can now check the database to determine whether you've been sent a revalidation notice. Wondering how CMS was going to get nearly every provider in the country revalidated by 2013? You weren't alone. CMS has reconsidered its ambitious revalidation finalization date, changing it to 2015. "We had an original timeline of starting sometime in September of this year and having this effort run through March 2013," said CMS's Zabeen Chong during a Nov. 7 Open Door Forum. "CMS has reevaluated this timeline, and to ease the burden on the providers and the contractors, the timeline has now been extended to March 2015." Chong added that the date extension won't give you extra time if you already received a revalidation request. "I do want to note this does not affect those providers that have already received a revalidation notice," she added. If you have a notice in-hand, you do need [...]
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