Medicare application is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that oversees the national health insurance program.

There are several Medicare application forms that are made available by CMS online. Form CMS 10115 is applicable to doctors, hospitals, ambulance, and suppliers. You must fill out this form with basic personal information as well as the Medicare Identification Number and Federal Tax Identification Number. Hospitals that wish to apply for Medicare need to provide a list of doctors and their provider numbers.

Another Medicare application form available to different providers is the Form CMS 855A, Medical Enrollment Application - Institutional Providers for Community Mental Health Centers, Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Critical Access Hospitals, End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and other facilities specifically listed on the application.

CMS has made Medicare application forms easily accessible especially to providers through the online Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Doctors, non-physician practitioners, health care providers, and suppliers can enroll in the site. If you wish to make changes or check the status of your enrollment, you can do so online.

When you have completed the Medicare application form, just send it together with other requirements, to the Medicare provider in your state and not to CMS.

Answer by general public - June 29, 2009 @ 1:22pm