Glossary
Revalidation
Medicare's periodic requirement that enrolled providers reverify and update their enrollment information, commonly on a five-year cycle.
Revalidation is the recurring process by which Medicare requires enrolled providers to confirm and refresh the information on file, generally every five years and more often for higher-risk supplier types. It is completed through PECOS, and missing the assigned deadline can lead to a hold on payments or deactivation of billing privileges. Revalidation is an enrollment requirement that runs parallel to, but is distinct from, the re-credentialing cycles maintained by health plans.