Functionality has been added to Master Files | Physicians to provide users with the ability to immediately verify PECOS enrollment for new or existing physicians.
To verify PECOS enrollment for a physician:
1. Navigate to Master Files | Physicians.
2. Click New to begin a new physician entry or select the preferred physician from the grid.
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For detailed instructions on adding a new physician, refer to the Physicians topic. |
3. Enter the applicable values in the ID and NPI fields. For new physician entries, all other fields will be grayed-out until the next step.
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If a user saves an NPI number that is already present in another physician entry then data in both entries will remain saved and the system will display a message to indicate this, "The following physician(s) are already assigned the specified NPI: ", which will also include the other physician(s) containing the same NPI number. |
4. Click 
. The software will automatically populate the First Name and Last Name fields with the corresponding information.
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If the NPI number is not enrolled then a Entries will display a "True" value (for verified physicians) or "False" value (for non-enrolled physicians) under the PECOS column in the grid. |
5. Remove any values pertaining to physician title that may be contained in any of the name fields (e.g. "M.D.").
6. Enter applicable data into any remaining blank fields and click Save.
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