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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS said April 1 that it won’t update the 855 enrollment form with sections on “affiliation disclosures,” as planned in a 2019 program integrity regulation,
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MLN Matters (SE21003).
[2] It also will adopt a phased-in approach to affiliation disclosures. The regulation, which implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act, is designed to keep, or kick, providers out of Medicare if they pose an “undue risk” of fraud, waste or abuse. It requires providers to disclose “affiliations” with other providers who have been suspended or excluded from Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP); owe the programs money; or had their billing privileges denied or revoked.