Do you opt in or opt out? Do you sign up as a full Medicare provider or just a referring and ordering provider? Is there a deadline, or is there not? How do you get supplements to pay you? These are the questions that center on the Medicare program and the ever changing rules that have been happening over the years.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule that rescinds a previously announced rule that would have required dentists who provide dental care and prescriptions (Medicare Part C and D) for Medicare Advantage patients and Part D beneficiaries to be enrolled in Medicare or to have opted out for their services to be covered.
CMS has removed the enrollment or opt out requirement for dentists and will use a preclusion list effective Jan. 1, 2019.
More information on this can be found via the ADA at: https://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2018-archive/may/cms-finalizes-rule-rescinding-parts-c-d-enrollment-requirements
To view the listing of all practitioners that are currently opted out visit CMS at: https://data.cms.gov/Medicare-Enrollment/Opt-Out-Affidavits/7yuw-754z
