For those of you who work for providers who prefer that you do the paperwork for them, this will be good to know.  The PECOS system has become available in all 50 states for the Medicare 855I form as of Monday and will be available for the the Medicare 855B form.  This is a great and long awaited tool for practices that is supposed to speed the processes of enrollment and changes to Medicare enrollment information.  However, during the open forum conference last week, it was stated that providers only will be allowed to access this site.  Providers will not be able to assign representatives, even in large practices, to access this site as it would qualify as misrepresentation.  So, it appears that we continue to be strapped with paper forms and snail mail to get enrollments and changes done for our providers. Visit the following link for more detailed information regarding PECOS.

  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll/Downloads/Internet-basedPECOSFAQ.pdf

A recorded link to last week's open forum conference regarding PECOS is not available at this time.  Please continue to check in with Medicare to get the link when it becomes available if you missed the original conference.