CMS Highlights ‘Critical’ Sections of 855S

Ticking through a now-familiar checklist of things providers
must do to prepare for competitive bidding — “get
accredited, get licensed, get bonded, update your NSC files”
— CMS’ Joel Kaiser reminded the audience at an Open Door
Forum Wednesday that CMS has published a Special Edition MLN Matters article (SE0915)
highlighting specific sections of the 855S Medicare enrollment
application where the accuracy of the “authorized official”
information and correspondence mailing address are “critical”
for bid registration. If anything has changed since the last
enrollment form was submitted to the National Supplier
Clearinghouse, including any personal identifying information for
the AO, “then you should PROMPTLY complete a change of information
on the CMS-855S,” according to the article. NSC processing time to
complete any changes is approximately 45 days. Kaiser told
listeners CMS is “very close” to finalizing a detailed timeline for
the Round 1 rebid.