It's been a long time in the making, but the Internet-based version of the Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (PECOS) is finally available to providers and suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS).
Starting Oct. 4, individual DMEPOS suppliers could, for the first time, sign into online PECOS using their National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) usernames and passwords. TIP: CMS has published a walkthrough of the system for DMEPOS suppliers which you access online.
The system itself is the same for DMEPOS suppliers as it is for physician providers and non-physician practitioners (NPPs). To log on, just point your browser to https://pecos.cms.hhs.gov.
Note that the process for organization DMEPOS suppliers (which are corporations as opposed to sole proprietorships) is different. These groups will need to choose an authorized official ("AO" in the CMS acronym nomenclature).