The NPI is here.  The NPI is now.  Are you using it?

ATTENTION:  Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicare Physicians, Non-Physician Practitioners & Other Suppliers

Effective March 1, 2008, when required for Medicare claim submission, all 837P and CMS-1500 claims must have an NPI or NPI/legacy pair in the required primary provider fields. Failure to include an NPI will cause the claim to reject.

Visit the CMS NPI web page at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/02_WhatsNew.asp for more details. 

Registration Closes Today for CMS National NPI Roundtable on 2/6/2008

CMS will host a national NPI Roundtable on Wednesday, February 6th from 2:30 – 4PM ET.  This call will focus on the status of the Medicare implementation of the NPI, and will address questions from participants regarding the Medicare policy affecting Part B claims, which becomes effective March 1^st.    Registration details are available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/Downloads/listservwording2-6-08npicall.pdf  on the CMS website.

Need More Information?

Not sure what an NPI is and how you can get it, share it and use it?  As always, more information and education on the NPI can be found through the CMS NPI page www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand on the CMS website.  Providers can apply for an NPI online at https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov or can call the NPI enumerator to request a paper application at 1-800-465-3203.  Having trouble viewing any of the URLs in this message?  If so, try to cut and paste any URL in this message into your web browser to view the intended information. 

Note: All current and past CMS NPI communications are available by clicking "CMS Communications" in the left column of the www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand  CMS webpage.