Attention: Providers 2018 ACA Application Fee for Institutional Providers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced an increase in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provider enrollment application fee. The application fee for calendar year 2018 has increased to $569.00 for applications received on and after January 1, 2018 and on or before December 31, 2018. This fee is required for any institutional providers that are newly enrolling, re-enrolling, recredentialing, or adding a new practice location.

Invoicing of the fee occurs after the enrollment application is submitted. Providers are requested to wait for their invoice before submitting payment.

Please note that pursuant to S.L. 2017-57, s. 11H.3, a State fee of $100 is also required for any providers who are newly enrolling or re-credentialing. However, the State fee has not increased in SFY2018.

The link to the ACA fee notice is https://docs.regulations.justia.com/entries/2017-12-04/2017-25972.pdf. For additional information about the application fee, see the ACA Application Fee FAQ page on the NCTracks Provider Portal.