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CMS creates plan to transition to NPIs

HIPAA Weekly Advisor, June 20, 2005

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If you're worried about switching over to the National Provider Identifier (NPI), worry no more. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week announced a plan to transition to NPIs in the fee-for-service Medicare program.

The plan includes the following timeline:

  • Through January 2, 2006, CMS will accept current or legacy Medicare numbers and reject claims that include only an NPI
  • January 3, 2006 through October 1, 2006, CMS will accept a legacy Medicare number or an NPI, as long as the NPI is accompanied by a Medicare number
  • October 2, 2006 through May 22, 2007, CMS will accept a legacy Medicare number and/or an NPI
  • From May 23, 2007 on, CMS will accept only NPIs

With this new NPI timeline, CMS aims to give providers time to test the NPI system before it goes live. Go to https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/ for more information.



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