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CMS devotes Web page to NPI
Ambulatory Surgery Reimbursement Update, November 1, 2005
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) now has a Web page for facilities to obtain information about, apply for, and implement National Provider Identifers (NPI).
To visit the page, click here.
HIPAA-covered entities such as providers completing electronic transactions, healthcare clearinghouses, and large health plans, must use only the NPI to identify covered healthcare providers in standard transactions by May 23, 2007. Small health plans must use only the NPI by May 23, 2008.
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