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07/02/2010

Opportunity Window to Become a Medicare Provider

Earlier this week, in consideration of the recent enactment of the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010, which established a 2.2 percent update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), CMS began offering physicians and other practitioners, whose current participation status is nonparticipating, the opportunity to become participating (PAR). This opportunity is being offered only to those physicians/practitioners whose current PAR status is nonparticipating. This opportunity is available through July 16.
 
Nonparticipating physicians/practitioners who would like to become a participating physician/practitioner should download and complete the Medicare Participating Physician or Supplier Agreement (Form CMS-460).  
 
Medicare claims administration contractors (Medicare Administrative Contractors and carriers) will accept and process participation requests that are submitted on the CMS-460 form and are postmarked on or before July 16.  https://www.cms.gov/cmsforms/downloads/cms460.pdf