CMS Notice to physicians and providers who have not enrolled or updated their Medicare enrollment since November 2003

Chicago — (March 5, 2010) 

 

CMS has issued a reminder that physicians and non-physician practitioners who have not enrolled or updated their Medicare enrollment since November 2003 will need to complete an initial enrollment application. CMS’s Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) does not contain information for physicians and non-physician practitioners enrolled before November 2003 who have not updated their enrollment record since that time.

Please click here for information from CMS to assist you in protecting, completing and submitting your Medicare enrollment application via Internet-based PECOS.

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

Anesthesiologists: Physicians providing the Lifeline of Modern Medicine TM. Founded in 1905, the American Society of Anesthesiologists is an educational, research and scientific association with more than 50,000 members organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient.

For more information on the field of anesthesiology, visit the American Society of Anesthesiologists website at www.asahq.org. For patient information, visit LifeLineToModernMedicine.com

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American Society of Anesthesiologists
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