Long-Term Care

Medicare/Medicaid provider numbers stick around

Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, March 15, 2007

Effective May 23, the National Provider Identifier (NPI) must be used as the only provider identifier on all HIPAA standard transactions, such as claims and eligibility inquiries. However, the Medicare/Medicaid provider number-also known as the Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting (OSCAR) number, the Medicare identification number, or the provider number-will continue to be issued and used, said CMS in survey-and-certification letter S&C-07-16. To limit confusion about the different circumstances in which these two numbers are required, the Medicare/Medicaid provider number will now be called the CCN.

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