CMS recently announced that DMEPOS suppliers/providers may continue to use the 2006 version of the CMS 855S application form through December 31, 2008. Earlier this year, a revised CMS-855S application form, version (02/08) was introduced in JSM/TDL- 08250 to include four additional supplier standards to the list of which suppliers must comply in order to receive and maintain Medicare billing privileges. The additional measures, standards 22-25, pertain to supplier accreditation requirements. While not required until January 1, 2009, suppliers are encouraged to use the revised version of the application form for initial enrollment, re-enrollment, and reactivation of Medicare billing privileges.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has placed the revised enrollment application on the
CMS Provider Enrollment Web site. The application version appears bottom left in the footer of the application form.