tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 27

HOSPITALS: Start NPI Application Process Early

The new NPI will make life easier, but providers aren't spared the legwork.Hospitals that feel like they are drowning in a sea of different provider identifiers when billing for your therapist's services can breathe easier, because help is coming.Beginning May 23 all health care providers were able to apply for their National Provider Identifier. The NPI is a standard unique health care provider identifier that all health plans must accept and that will replace the plethora of current identifiers carriers use, such as the provider identification numbers and the unique provider identifier number.The goal: The...

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