PECOS REQUIREMENT

CMS' January 4, 2010 deadline requiring physicians to be registered with PECOS in order to write a valid prescription. No registration would result in no reimbursement to the O and P facility providing services under the unregistered physician's prescription. CMS agreed to delay implementaion until April 1, 2010 and promised that the PECOS physician regisrty will be on line before the program goes into effect.
The effective date was postponed to provide time to educate physicians and facilities the requirements.