REAL Provider is independent, third-party identity verification for Home Health and Hospice agencies — the same standard of proof TSA accepts as a REAL ID at the airport. One certificate. One public registry entry. Zero 12-month Medicare freezes.
REAL ID was the federal answer to fake driver's licenses at TSA checkpoints. REAL Provider is the same answer for fake provider identities at the Medicare gate.
Required by the federal government to board a domestic flight. A standard driver's license is no longer accepted at TSA.
Independent identity verification for Home Health and Hospice agencies. The proof CMS, MACs, and patients trust before a claim is paid.
MAC contractors run your NPI, PTAN, taxonomy, and ownership through automated fraud filters before a single claim is paid. One mismatch puts you in the review queue — and Medicare payments can be suspended for 12 months or longer while CMS decides whether you're a real provider or a fraud ring wearing your identity. Without independent, third-party proof of identity on file the day the freeze hits, you are guilty until proven innocent.
Organized fraud rings buy and resell legitimate Home Health and Hospice NPIs on the dark web. They bill Medicare millions in your name — and when CMS comes looking, the trail leads back to your agency, not theirs.
A REAL Provider certificate is the same caliber of identity proof TSA accepts as a REAL ID. When MAC review hits, you hand over verified ID, verified address, verified ownership — and skip the months of administrative purgatory other agencies are stuck in.
Annual training maps to 42 CFR 484, 42 CFR 418, OIG enrollment guidance, F2F documentation, PECOS ownership, and LEIE/SAM.gov exclusion checks — the exact items UPIC and ZPIC auditors pull first.
Most providers complete the entire program in a single afternoon.
Create your account and choose annual or installment billing.
Upload a government ID and proof of address — the same documents you would bring for a REAL ID at the DMV. Files are stored privately and encrypted.
Modules cover 42 CFR 484, OIG enrollment guidance, F2F documentation, PECOS ownership, LEIE/SAM.gov checks, and fraud red flags.
Download a printable Certificate of Verification with a unique number — your REAL Provider badge that proves legitimacy to CMS, MACs, and patients.
42 CFR Part 484 + OIG Nov 2023 guidance
42 CFR Part 418 + CMS hospice freeze rules
The average Home Health agency bills six figures a month through Medicare. A single CMS verification can pause every dollar of it for 12 months or longer. REAL Provider gives you the independent third-party identity proof that ends the review before it starts — and keeps your agency on the public registry auditors check first.
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