Effective January 1, the application fee is $750 for institutional providers who are:
CMS requires this fee with any of these enrollment applications submitted from January 1 - December 31, 2026. See the notice for more information.
The 2026 annual participation open enrollment period will run through December 31, 2025. The open enrollment period allows Medicare suppliers to revisit their choice to accept Medicare assignment for claims payment. The participation status only affects how you are reimbursed from Medicare. Changing your status to non-participating does not terminate your Medicare billing privileges. For more information, please refer to our article.
We now have a DMEPOS licensure database for only the states and territories in the eastern jurisdiction (East of the Mississippi River). The database will appear and function very similarly to the licensure database you are accustomed to using. NPWest (Palmetto GBA) will continue to maintain a licensure database for all states and territories west of the Mississippi River. There will be links available on our website that will direct you to NPWest’s database if you also need to research states or territories in the western jurisdiction.