The National Provider Identifier is unique number assigned to healthcare providers that are covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which is known as HIPAA. The Centers ...

Healthcare managers both in and outside of IT got a reprieve last week when CMS agreed to postpone the deadline by which all providers must get and use a national provider identifier number. Hospitals ...

The National Provider Identifier, or NPI, is a new field added to the Personal Data Form and myHR and is required for faculty physician hires. Due to a change in benefits processing for Feinberg ...

Providers and suppliers who submit claims to Medicaid and Medicare must include an identification number on enrollment applications and payment claims, according to a final rule. In a regulation ...

Medicare claims that don’t contain a valid national provider identifier for the ordering or certifying healthcare professional starting Jan. 6. The new practice will affect claims from clinical ...

Industry and HHS should collaborate to develop a voluntary standardized identifier for provider networks that is consistent across all segments of the health insurance markets. To accomplish this, we ...