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CMS Provider Enrollment (PECOS 2.0)

Investment ID: 009-000406263

Overview

Program Title
CMS Provider Enrollment (PECOS 2.0)
Description
PECOS is the System of Record for all Medicare Provider/Supplier enrollment data, storing all data furnished by providers/suppliers, tracking all enrollment processing/results of MAC evaluation, & providing nightly feeds to FFS claims payment systems.
Type of Program
Major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Associated Websites
http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/MedicareProviderSupEnroll/MedicareOrderingandReferring.html, http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/MedicareProviderSupEnroll/InternetbasedPECOS.html

Investment Detail

PECOS2.0 reduces cost though modernization and optimization, including: lower operational cost of maintenance through modern architecture and easier maintainability; reduces cost of software through use of open source software; reduces the number of IT investments through ability to scale the system to take on other programs that would otherwise require significant systems; reduced processing cost associated with processing application by increasing automation and reducing volume; and reduction in operational cost for Medicaid and other CMS programs through greater access to data and leveraging of existing provider screening by Medicare . For the Provider community PECOS 2.0 reduces operating cost by reducing the work required to submit, track, and maintain enrollment information with CMS; and eventually as other programs being to leverage PECOS 2.0, the amount of work required to maintain information with other CMS programs and payers.

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Projects

Technology projects under the CMS Provider Enrollment (PECOS 2.0) program

Supporting IDVs

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Supporting Contracts

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