Have You Received a Notice of Termination of Your Medicare Provider Number?
By Danielle M. Murray, J.D.
Have you received a notice of termination of your Medicare provider number? Medicare has been revoking the Medicare provider numbers of many different Medicare providers including psychologists and other mental health providers, based on returned mail sent to old addresses which have not been updated or based on inspection team site visits to old addresses.
Often the termination is retroactive to a much earlier date the change or move may have been determined to have occurred. Even if the mailing address is correct or was changed, the physical address of the business must have been updated, as well. It is usually an incorrect or old physical address which causes this to occur.
The effect of this termination includes:
1. You are prohibited from reapplying to Medicare for at least two (2) years.
2. You may have to pay back […]
