Enrolling your practitioners using their logins and the PECOS-driven CMS Forms 855I and 855R applications is like a train wreck about to derail your cash flow.
Managing adding, terminating and reassigning benefits with your practitioner’s password could not only lock you out of PECOS, it also violates Medicare rules. What makes it even worse is that making one mistake in the completing the CMS Forms 855I and 855R could stop your Medicare payments from coming in for both your existing and new practitioners.
Fortunately, help is available from enrollment expert, Gretchin S. Heckenlively, CPA, FHFMA. During her 2-Part online training series, PECOSEnrollment: Ace Surrogacy and Form Requirements to Boost Medicare Payup, she will walk you through how to set up your PECOS connection requests and surrogacy access and then how to complete each step of the CMS Forms 855I and 855R application process. Take a look at the two parts below.
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PART 1:PECOS: Master CMS Surrogacy Enrollment Requirements
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If you are using your practitioner’s login to access and manage their PECOS (Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System) records, you are not in compliance with CMS requirements.
CMS rules specifically prohibit you from using your provider’s login to manage, verify, update or authorize their information in PECOS. Instead, you’re required to use a surrogacy system which allows you to work on their behalf under your own login.
There are strict guidelines for proper completion and compliance for this system, which means the accurate set-up of connection requests and surrogacy access can be complex and confusing.
This is where enrollment expert, Gretchin S. Heckenlively, CPA, FHFMA, can help. During her, 90-minute online training session, she’ll walk you through how to set up your PECOS connection requests and surrogacy access correctly the first time.
You’ll be able to successfully, compliantly and more easily manage multiple practitioners (if needed), and access multiple platforms (PECOS, NPPES, etc.) all from one login.
Here are just a few of the easy-to-implement PECOS surrogacy account set-up steps you’ll receive by watching this 90-minute online training:
Efficiently add, modify and terminate providers from your group login
Comply with access rules for the PECOS Identify & Access (I&A) Management System
Correctly choose your designation: Authorized/Delegated Official (AO/DO) or Staff End User
Efficiently manage organizational and individual practitioner enrollments in PECOS
Successfully use your PECOS login to also manage your provider NPI records
More easily and quickly update practitioner information to avoid Medicare deactivation
Easily add, terminate and authorize staff as PECOS users to streamline workflow
And so much more….
By attending this expert-led online training, you’ll be able to more accurately and efficiently use the PECOS Identity & Access (I&A) Management System to comply with Medicare enrollment regulations, and in turn be able to head off possible payer deactivations and disruptions in cash flow.
Using PECOS accurately is one of the few occasions where complying with government regulations will actually save you time and headaches. With the click of a button, you’ll be able to tell which of your practitioners need verification or are missing information and be able to address the issue.
Whether you’re enrolling your provider in Medicare for the first time, modifying an existing account or removing a practitioner from your group, this training will provide you with the tools you need to successfully utilize the PECOS system. Surrogacy Enrollment Requirements.
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PART 2: Medicare Enrollment: Speed CMS Forms 855I and 855R Approval and Payments
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Missing even one step when you are enrolling your Medicare practitioners in PECOS (Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System) with the CMS Forms 855I and 855R can have devastating financial ramifications for your practice.
Both your new and existing practitioners are counting on you to perfectly record their information in PECOS to keep your insurance payments coming in. Any misstep can delay your practice’s reimbursement – and can even result in your practitioner being unable to see Medicare patients at all.
The problem is that you must master what and why you’re completing each portion of the PECOS version of the CMS Forms 855I and 855R − a major challenge even for seasoned professionals. Fortunately, you are not alone in acing the various enrollment requirements essential to your practice’s success and compliance.
This is where enrollment expert, Gretchin Heckenlively, CPA, FHFMA, can help. During this online training, she’ll walk you step-by-step through each part of the PECOS-driven CMS Forms 855I and 855R. In only 90 minutes, you’ll receive proven PAGE-BY-PAGE strategies that will help ensure you get it right the first time.
Here are just a few of the practical, must-have CMS Forms 855I and 855R enrollment process tactics you’ll receive by attending this 90-minute online training:
Avoid losing revenue from forgotten Medicare submission deadlines
Clearly differentiate between enrollment for ordering/referring vs billing for professional services
Expedite cashflow, prevent common enrollment form errors when adding and terminating practitioners
Uncover Physician Assistant Medicare enrollment differences to get approved more quickly
Identify the correct number of reassignments needed for multi-location practices
Accelerate reimbursements by speeding up the approval of new practitioners
Create a comprehensive enrollment/termination checklist to get it right every time
Master how to transition an ordering/referring practitioner to one that can bill Medicare directly
Ace the MAC review process and get your practitioners approved more quickly
Halt lost reimbursement when you have multiple Provider Transaction Access Numbers (PTANs)
Determine how to correctly handle MAC development requests, the first time
Stop wasting time enrolling practitioners that are not Medicare qualified
Reduce payment delays, choose the correct Medicare enrollment form and options every time
Master Medicare Program Integrity Regulatory requirements to avoid rule violations
Comply with special considerations when terminating practitioner reassignments
And so much more . . .
This training is for ANYONE who wants to improve PECOS preparation and approval of Medicare CMS Forms 855I/855R more quickly and efficiently. Whether you’re enrolling your practitioner in Medicare for the first time, modifying an existing account or removing a practitioner from your group, this training will provide you with the tools you need to successfully utilize this tricky system.
During this practical, online training session you’ll receive a breakdown of each specific step you must take to ensure your practitioners are enrolled and managed accurately and efficiently the first time in CMS’ PECOS online system. Utilizing these proven strategies will give you the tools to seamlessly overcome all Medicare application requirements for both your new and existing practitioners.
You are not alone. Medicare enrollment can be confusing to even the most skilled healthcare professional. Multiple, similar enrollment forms and choices, numerous required sections and the importance of getting it right the first time makes this online training session a must-attend if you have even one practitioner that sees Medicare patients.
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Gretchin is a CPA and Partner in the Health Care Consulting division at Seim Johnson, LLP. She joined the firm in 1997 in the HealthCare Audit Division providing audit and Medicare/Medicaid cost reporting services on over 100 engagements.
In 2006, Gretchin left Seim Johnson to pursue an opportunity as the Chief Financial Officer of a critical access hospital. There she gained valuable experience in both the financial and clinical arenas of a hospital.
Gretchin rejoined the firm in 2010, and since that time, she has been able to bring frontline knowledge and understanding of working in a healthcare environment to the consulting division. Her focus is on Medicare and Medicaid provider enrollment, Medicare provider-based issues and reimbursement.
Gretchin has given many presentations on a wide range of healthcare, and not-for-profit related topics at a local, state and national level and currently serves on the CMS Central Office PECOS Focus Group and the CMS Central Office Provider Compliance Focus Group.
Also, she is an active member of Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and is a past President of their Nebraska Chapter. She also served as the Treasurer of HFMA Region 8. Gretchin graduated from Doane College in May 1997 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Finance.
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