Medicare Information Resource, Issue 2006-8AB: The National Provider Identifier (NPI) Countdown Has Begun

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MIR-2006-8AB, August 2006

The National Provider Identifier (NPI) Countdown Has Begun

The countdown has begun; do you have your NPI? Don’t risk disruption to your cash flow – Get your NPI now! National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) will be required on claims sent on or after May 23, 2007. Every health care provider needs to get an NPI! Learn more about NPI and how to apply by visiting http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/ External Link on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Web site.

This page also contains a section for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) providers with helpful informa-tion on the Medicare NPI implementation. A countdown clock is now available on this page, to remind health care providers of the number of days left before the compliance date; bookmark this page, as new information and resources will continue to be posted.

For more information on private industry NPI outreach, visit the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) NPI Outreach Initiative Web site at http://www.wedi.org/npioi/index.shtml External Link on the Web.

CMS Joint Signature Memorandum (JSM-06468) (May 30, 2006)