many of us have been violating Cms regulations for quite some time because there was no better way to ensure provider and organization initial enrollment with NPPes and online PeCOs was completed and make sure existing enrollment files are updated in a timely manner. Cms could choose to enforce these regulations, except almost everyone is guilty of sharing this information. FEATURE sTOrY Most of us realize that most providers and organizations rarely set up their initial accounts or enrollments or complete their EHR meaningful use registration and attestation. complete All Your Work at once There are many reasons why you should use the surrogacy Program. When you set up your own account in I&a and make connections with the providers and organizations you intend to work on the behalf of, you will only have one username and password to remember. If you perform work in NPPes, PeCOs, or eHr, you will be able to see all of your connections (providers and organizations) and access all three systems with your login username and password. No more usernames and passwords to document and remember. You will still have to access each product separately, but you will be able to complete your work on all providers and organizations at one time while in each product (NPPes, PeCOs, or eHr). There are three options for setting up the surrogacy Program: THe jOurNaL OF THe HeaLTHCare BILLINg aNd maNagemeNT assOCIaTION 11 1. Individual provider working for an enrolled group; 2. enrolled organization working with a third party; and 3. enrolled group (with individual provider) working with a third party. a provider with an NPI login username and password will use that same username and password to log in to I&a and create their profile. every account in I&a needs to have a unique email address – no two accounts can use the same email. For this reason, you will need to know the proper email address for each provider or organization you are working on the behalf of. as an HBma member, you could be in a situation where you would be working on behalf of all three options above. an appointed official with the authority to legally bind your organization must register in I&a, add the organization as his or her employer, and then follow directions to send appropriate documents to eus, which is mentioned below. using the Surrogacy program Your first step in the surrogacy Program process will be to set up your own account as an authorized official (aO) or delegated official (dO) in I&a. Once you have set up your account, you will need to choose an employer. do this by conducting a search based on the legal name of your organization and the zip code. These details are the only two identifying items you will need, as
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