CMS to Conduct Hospital Revalidation Initiative
MARCH 2010
| The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will conduct a revalidation effort that will ensure current enrollment information from all hospitals. The revalidation focuses on hospitals that have not updated their enrollment information with Medicare in more than 6 years.
By regulation, a provider has 60 days to respond to a revalidation request by completing and submitting the Medicare enrollment application (CMS-855A or Internet-based PECOS enrollment application) and applicable supporting documentation (e.g., Electronic Funds Transfer Authorization Agreement [CMS-588]), according to CMS.
The CMS is encouraging hospitals to:
- Consider completing and submitting the CMS-855A as an initial application or completing and submitting the Internet-based PECOS enrollment application and supporting documentation on a voluntary basis. Note: By submitting an enrollment application on a voluntary basis, hospitals will avoid the time pressures associated with revalidation.
- Consider using Internet-based PECOS as the method of completing and submitting the enrollment application. If the decision is made to use Internet-based PECOS, then the hospital's Authorized Official should take a few minutes to review the "Getting Started Guide for Organizations" found in the Internet-based PECOS download section of www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll.
New in 2010
CASE STUDIES: LABS MUST SUBMIT ALL CASE STUDIES ON CD OR DVD
Beginning January 1, 2010, all case studies are to be submitted on CD or DVD with the DICOM viewer included. Film will no longer be an accepted format for submitting case studies to the ICACTL; these cases must first be transferred to a digital format (CD or DVD) prior to submission. Note: It is also recommended that all data be submitted electronically.
Please note: It is not the intent of the ICACTL to force applicant laboratories into the digital world. How the laboratory chooses to record and retain diagnostic data for internal use and storage, whether analog or digital, is still left to the discretion of the laboratory. However, final submission to the ICACTL must be in digital format (CD or DVD). The appropriate viewer must also be included on the submitted CD or DVD.
Case studies reminder: Please note that five (5) case studies are required. Learn more in the Case Studies section>>
OTHER REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE 1/1/2010
- Coronary CTA — 64-slice scanner required (See Section 1.3.2 in The ICACTL Standards)
- Vascular or other CTA (exclusive of coronaries) — 16-slice CT scanner required (See Section 1.3.3 in The ICACTL Standards)
- When dose is increased — Physicist involvement is required (See Section 4.1.2.4.1 in The ICACTL Standards)
- Dose documentation — (See Section 4.1.2.4.2 in The ICACTL Standards)
HOW TO APPLY
The How to Apply section of the website now contains the following links to assist you in the application process:
For more information or assistance, e-mail ICACTL Technical Manager Mary Lally at lally@intersocietal.org. |
