The ASCA offered the following explanation of Medicare revalidation:
“In 2006, the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a rule that requires ASCs and other providers to revalidate their Medicare enrollment every five years. Your local contractor will contact you when it is time to revalidate at that time you must submit an application within 60 calendar days along with the application fee (currently $505). A new certification or provider agreement is not required when revalidating your enrollment. For the rules regarding revalidation, see Chapter 42, Section 424.515 of the Code of Federal Regulations, available here (pdf).
“If you have not yet been contacted by your Medicare contractor to revalidate your Medicare enrollment, don’t be surprised. CMS has established a phase-in process for the large task of revalidating all of the Medicare participating healthcare providers. ASCs that have not been contacted will receive a revalidation request eventually.”
For more information about Medicare revalidation, contact Jonathan Beal of the ASCA at jbeal@ascassociation.org.
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