Situation Report | September 13, 2021
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the resumption of several Medicare provider enrollment activities that have been paused since the beginning of the public health emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beginning in October 2021, the following activities will be resumed.
- Application Fees – 42 C.F.R. 424.514
- Criminal background checks associated with fingerprint-based criminal background checks– 42 C.F.R. 424.518
- Revalidation – 42 C.F.R 424.515
For further information on each of these activities, CMS instructs providers to review the following questions (19, 20, 26 and 27) in the COVID-19 Medicare Provider Enrollment Relief FAQs.