
Meet Tony Marito, a licensed physical therapist, and learn to enroll with Medicare as a Part B provider, generate personal and organizational MPI, and submit via the Pekoe system.
Learn the pecos enrollment paths for sole owners and multi-owner practices, including when to submit CMS 855 I, B, and R and to set up access for business enrollments.
Access enrollment resources, including resource packet and link, and learn Pecos with MBA for you and MPI for your business, noting no enrollment fees for private practice or contracted SLPs.
Create your identity and access management system and a PCOS account to submit the Medicare initial enrollment application, then use the Medicare ID search tool to view provider numbers.
Connect your business to your personal Medicare enrollment and affiliation system. Designate an authorized official to legally bind the organization and submit a clinic group practice enrollment for physical therapy.
Change your role to authorized official in your Medicare I&A account by submitting a rule change for your business, awaiting authorization, then access and share business information as a surrogate.
Learn to apply for personal and organizational NPIs through the Medicare portal, navigate login and verification, and select the correct enrollment path as an employee or surrogate.
Learn to apply for a type 2 organizational NPI via PECOS for Medicare enrollment as a private practice physical therapist, including tax ID matching and single specialty taxonomy.
Resume your Medicare application in Pecos by logging in, verifying with a code, then navigate to view enrollments, select new enrollments, and choose continue working on the application to proceed.
Log into PECOS and create an enrollment as a sole owner of a private practice, select physical therapist in private practice, and ensure the legal business name matches IRS documents.
Learn how to enter personal identifying information for Medicare enrollment, including name, credentials, licensure, gender, accepting new patients, former names, medical school, year of graduation, and proprietary business type.
Confirm your tax i.d. number and company name match IRS records, and note any final adverse legal action; the pa/pc/llc section is optional and left blank.
learn how to complete the practitioner specialty questionnaire for physical therapist in private practice, distinguishing mobile home visits from brick‑and‑mortar clinics and the exclusive lease requirement for Medicare enrollment.
Enroll as a participating provider in pecos by selecting pa status, filling the ems form with business name, npi, and effective date, and uploading a signed copy.
Learn to set physical location and base of operations in Medicare provider enrollment, covering practice versus base locations, special payments considerations for mobile therapy, effective dates, and IRS/NPI alignment.
Clarify vehicle information for physical therapists enrolled in Medicare PECOS, noting that even as a mobile therapist, care occurs in the patient’s home, not inside the vehicle.
Learn how to enter geographic location for a private practice physical therapist enrollment in PECOS, selecting the entire Delaware state, recording effective dates, home visits, and telehealth options.
Enter your mailing address as your home address, including city, state, and zip, and optionally add a business phone; skip the Delaware address if you don't have one.
Enter and save your active license, state practice, and DEA info for private practice Medicare enrollment, then record the license effective and renewal dates while ignoring other certifications.
Determine if a final adverse legal action has been imposed against the applicant personally or under any business name during Medicare enrollment; if not, check no and continue.
Learn how to designate a managing owner or employee for private practice Medicare enrollment, add their details, validate a nine-digit tax ID, and enter NPI or MPI information.
Outline patient record storage and base of operations, confirm home address and practice location; distinguish billing agency from clearing house and note 5–7% of collections, then designate the contact person.
set up electronic funds transfer by entering bank details, routing and account numbers, and account type; if no voided check, upload a bank letter proving the account and routing.
Upload mandatory Medicare enrollment documents: bank verification letter, IRS tax ID, and CMF 60 PA declaration. Attach lease if brick-and-mortar; otherwise skip, then submit and await confirmation within 24 hours.
Start the initial Pecos enrollment for a multi-owner group practice by selecting group member and concurrently submitting the CMS 855 to enroll the entity receiving benefits.
Identify how to start a group practice enrollment in PECOS, select clinic group practice, choose your state, and submit CMS 855 I and CMS 855 R.
Continue the multi-owner CMS 855b enrollment by reassigning benefits to the group and entering individual owner details for five percent ownership, including names, Social Security number, and date of birth.
Connect a clinician's Medicare I&A account with an employer or contractor via Pecos and MPI. Learn to enable initial enrollment and reassignment, assign surrogates, and submit reassignment of benefits.
Learn to submit a PCA application for reassignment of benefits in PECOS for a therapist without a PTAN, via initial enrollment or group reassignment to your business.
In this course you will learn how to submit your initial Medicare enrollment as a physical therapist in private practice for Medicare part B. We will use the PECOS enrollment system. I am sharing videos of each step in the process. After completing this course you will be on your way to starting your Mobile physical therapy business or opening a brick and mortar clinic.
This course is created for both mobile only physical therapists in private practice and therapists who own, rent, or lease a brick and mortar clinic location.
In this course I share information about creating your Medicare Identity and Access account, PECOS login, and NPPES login.
If you are a physical therapy seeking to become a contracted Medicare Part B provider you will need to take the following steps:
1.) Apply for a personal NPI
2.) Apply for a business (organizational) NPI
3.) Submit a CMS 855i Medicare Application via PECOS and receive a personal PTAN, a business PTAN, and have your personal PTAN and business PTAN connected via a reassignment.
The Medicare Application process is FREE. The NPI application process is FREE.
If you would like more information about this process or about growing a successful private practice please look at my other courses.