Friday 30 September 2016

Definitions part 2

Immediate family member or member of a physician's immediate family means – under 42 CFR § 411.351 - a husband or wife; birth or adoptive parent, child, or sibling; stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, or stepsister; father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; grandparent or grandchild; and spouse of a grandparent or grandchild.

Institutional provider means – for purposes of the Medicare application fee only - any provider or supplier that submits a paper Medicare enrollment application using the Form CMS–855A, Form CMS–855B (not including physician and non-physician practitioner organizations), Form CMS–855S or associated Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) enrollment application.

Legal business name is the name that is reported to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Managing employee means a general manager, business manager, administrator, director, or other individual that exercises operational or managerial control over, or who directly or indirectly conducts, the day-to-day operation of the provider or supplier, either under contract or through some other arrangement, whether or not the individual is a W-2 employee of the provider or supplier.

Medicare identification number - For Part A providers, the Medicare Identification Number (MIN) is the CMS Certification Number (CCN). For Part B suppliers other than suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS), the MIN is the Provider Identification Number (PIN). For DMEPOS suppliers, the MIN is the number issued to the supplier by the NSC. (Note that for Part B and DMEPOS suppliers, the Medicare Identification Number may sometimes be referred to as the Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN).)

National Provider Identifier is the standard unique health identifier for health care providers (including Medicare suppliers) and is assigned by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES).

Operational – under 42 CFR §424.502 – means that the provider or supplier has a qualified physical practice location; is open to the public for the purpose of providing health care related services; is prepared to submit valid Medicare claims; and is properly staffed, equipped, and stocked (as applicable, based on the type of facility or organization, provider or supplier specialty, or the services or items being rendered) to furnish these items or services.

Owner means any individual or entity that has any partnership interest in, or that has 5 percent or more direct or indirect ownership of, the provider or supplier as defined in sections 1124 and 1124(A) of the Social Security Act.

Ownership or investment interest – under 42 CFR § 411.354(b) – means an ownership or investment interest in the entity that may be through equity, debt, or other means, and includes an interest in an entity that holds an ownership or investment interest in any entity that furnishes designated health services.

Physician means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine, a doctor of podiatric medicine, a doctor of optometry, or a chiropractor, as defined in section 1861(r) of the Social Security Act.

Physician-owned hospital – under 42 CFR § 489.3 – means any participating hospital in which a physician, or an immediate family member of a physician, has a direct or indirect ownership or investment interest, regardless of the percentage of that interest.

Physician owner or investor – under 42 CFR § 411.362(a) – means a physician (or an immediate family member) with a direct or an indirect ownership or investment interest in the hospital. Prospective provider means any entity specified in the definition of “provider” in 42 CFR §498.2 that seeks to be approved for coverage of its services by Medicare.

Prospective supplier means any entity specified in the definition of “supplier” in 42 CFR §405.802 that seeks to be approved for coverage of its services under Medicare.

Provider is defined at 42 CFR §400.202 and generally means a hospital, critical access hospital, skilled nursing facility, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility, home health agency or hospice, that has in effect an agreement to participate in Medicare; or a clinic, rehabilitation agency, or public health agency that has in effect a similar agreement but only to furnish outpatient physical therapy or speech pathology services; or a community mental health center that has in effect a similar agreement but only to furnish partial hospitalization services.

Reassignment means that an individual physician, non-physician practitioner, or other supplier has granted a Medicare-enrolled provider or supplier the right to receive payment for the physician’s, non-physician practitioner’s or other supplier’s services. (For further information, see § 1842(b)(6) of the Social Security Act, the Medicare regulations at 42 CFR §§424.70 - 424.90, and CMS Publication 100-04, chapter 1, sections 30.2 – 30.2.16.)

Reject/Rejected means that the provider or supplier’s enrollment application was not processed due to incomplete information or that additional information or corrected information was not received from the provider or supplier in a timely manner.

Revoke/Revocation means that the provider or supplier’s billing privileges are terminated. Supplier is defined in 42 CFR § 400.202 and means a physician or other practitioner, or an entity other than a provider that furnishes health care services under Medicare.
Tax identification number means the number (either the Social Security Number (SSN) or Employer Identification Number (EIN)) that the individual or organization uses to report tax information to the IRS.

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