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Physician Note:

CMS Vastly Improves PECOS System

Published on Thu Aug 16, 2012

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As most Part B practices are aware, registering with CMS's PECOS system has had its share of headaches--but thanks to a few recent improvements, you could be getting some relief.

On August 13, CMS announced several enhancements to its online PECOS enrollment system that may make your life easier, as follows:

You can now submit your entire enrollment application online -- gone are the days of having to mail copies of supporting documentation
If you reassign benefits to organizations with multiple locations, you'll be able to designate a primary and secondary practice location on your enrollment application
You can now enter more than one contact person in the PECOS "contact information" section
The "geographic location" section of the enrollment application will now allow you to enter a county designation

For more on the PECOS system, visit https://pecos.cms.hhs.gov/pecos/login.do.

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