CMS will allow electronic file sharing for NPIs
Rehab Regs, May 5, 2006
CMS announced it will allow health industry organizations to submit healthcare providers' applications for National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) to the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) via Electronic File Interchange (EFI) on May 1.
With EFI, a CMS-approved health industry organization can submit a healthcare provider's NPI application data, along with the application data of many other healthcare providers, in a single electronic file in a CMS-specified format.
EFI is an alternative to healthcare providers having to apply for their NPIs via the Web-based or paper application process. After the NPPES processes a file, it makes available to the organization a downloadable file containing the NPIs of the enumerated healthcare providers.
Healthcare providers can find more details at www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/ and can complete the Certification Statement at nppes.cms.hhs.gov. CMS must approve a completed Certification Statement before an interested health industry organization can participate in EFI.
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