Medicare Enrollment Deadline Looms for Delaware Dentists

Most dentists have never had the need to consider Medicare enrollment, based on the fact that Medicare Part B covers a small amount of dental services (for example, services that are an integral part of a covered procedure and for extractions done in preparation for radiation treatment for neoplastic diseases involving the jaw). But for the many dentists who treat Medicare patients with Part D prescription drug plans, June 1, 2015 marks an important deadline.

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New Rule Expands Bases on Which Providers Can Be Excluded from Participation in Medicare

On December 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a new rule that enhances CMS’s ability to exclude or remove providers from participation in Medicare. According to a press release issued by CMS, the new rule is designed to “prevent physicians and other providers with unpaid debt from re-entering Medicare, remove providers with patterns or practices of abusive billing, and implement other provisions to help save more than $327 million annually.”

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Medicare Enrollment Deadline Looms for Delaware Dentists

New Rule Expands Bases on Which Providers Can Be Excluded from Participation in Medicare

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