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WEDI publishes report on NPPES dissemination

HIPAA Weekly Advisor, December 17, 2007

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On December 11, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) released a paper on the healthcare industry's initial experiences, comments, reactions, and recommendations on the two NPPES dissemination methods. The report, "NPPES Dissemination: The NPI Registry and the NPPES Downloadable File-Initial Industry Experiences and Recommendations," contains WEDI's recommendations for ways CMS can improve its NPI downloadable file and query-based NPI registry.

To read the report, click here.



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