Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Use CMS-855O Form for Unlicensed Residents ASAP
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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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