Providers and suppliers enrolling for the sole purpose of ordering and referring items and services to Medicare beneficiaries must use the new CMS-8550 form immediately. Providers and suppliers using the other CMS-855 forms to enroll in Medicare are encouraged to begin using the revised forms, though they may continue to use the old forms through Oct. 2011.
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