Due to scheduled maintenance, Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) will be unavailable from Monday, March 29, 2010 through Monday, April 5, 2010. Internet-based PECOS allows physicians, non-physician practitioners, providers, and other suppliers
(except suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies [DMEPOS]) to enroll or make a change to their existing Medicare enrollment information over the Internet.
For more information about Internet-based PECOS, see the appropriate “Getting Started” guide available in the Downloads section at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll/04_InternetbasedPECOS.asp. There is a “Getting Started” guide for physicians and non-physician practitioners and one for provider and supplier organizations.
Fraud Facts Published
The revised Medicare Fraud & Abuse fact sheet (February 2010), directs you to a number of sources of information pertaining to Medicare fraud and abuse, and helps you understand what to do if you suspect or become aware of incidents of potential Medicare fraud or abuse. It can be downloaded at
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/Fraud_and_Abuse.pdf from the CMS Medicare Learning Network.
