tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 25

NPIs: Don't Leave Your Home Address In The Database

At last, you can look up other doctors' NPIs.Any day now you can download a new database from the feds that will help keep claims--and compliance efforts--on track.What: The new database will help home health agencies and other providers look up referring physicians' National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) for use on Medicare and other claims, said federal officials speaking at a June 20 audioconference held by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). When: This summer the agency will issue the NPI information, which is drawn from National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) data. "Very soon...

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