Accreditation Mandatory
Effective May 4, 2009
Medicare liability insurance requirments, which currently are $300, 000. This clarification would change that to 300,000 per incident and would require that such liability insurance be obtained prior to submitting an enrollment application. Since Medicare requires that it be able to verify the insurance not only with the insurance agent but also with the underwriter, it means that there may be a significant delay between the time the insurance application is approved and the time that the supplier may submit a Medicare enrollment application. There is often a lag of several months between insurance and notification of the underwriter.
Effective Oct 2, 2009
The mandatory accreditation date for individual facilities will vary, depending on whether or not your facility already has an NPI number and is enrolled to provide Medicare services. For DME facilities that already have an NPI and Medicare TPAN number, accreditation is not required until October 2, 2009. New DME facilities, including new branch offices of existing facilities, must become accredited before they can submit their application for a PTAN number to the National Suplier Clearinghouse.
Medicare liability insurance requirments, which currently are $300, 000. This clarification would change that to 300,000 per incident and would require that such liability insurance be obtained prior to submitting an enrollment application. Since Medicare requires that it be able to verify the insurance not only with the insurance agent but also with the underwriter, it means that there may be a significant delay between the time the insurance application is approved and the time that the supplier may submit a Medicare enrollment application. There is often a lag of several months between insurance and notification of the underwriter.
Effective Oct 2, 2009
The mandatory accreditation date for individual facilities will vary, depending on whether or not your facility already has an NPI number and is enrolled to provide Medicare services. For DME facilities that already have an NPI and Medicare TPAN number, accreditation is not required until October 2, 2009. New DME facilities, including new branch offices of existing facilities, must become accredited before they can submit their application for a PTAN number to the National Suplier Clearinghouse.
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