Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Use CMS-855O Form for Unlicensed Residents ASAP
CMS wants to streamline provider enrollment for unlicensed residents in another effort to reduce administrative burdens. According to MLN Matters SE 18008, MACs began processing the form CMS-855O for “provider enrollment applications submitted for unlicensed residents” on June 17, said the release. “If the application submission includes either, 1) a Residency Contract signed and dated by both an official of the institution and the Resident Physician or, 2) a letter, on institution letterhead, confirming the applicants status as a Resident Physician signed and dated by an official of the institution and containing at a minimum the name of the applicant,” the agency added. See MLN Matters SE 18008 at www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE18008.pdf.
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