tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 13

NATIONAL PROVIDER IDENTIFIER: You'll Have 'Guidance' By Deadline, CMS Promises

Will May bring you a shower of NPI-related denials?Heads up: There are just about two months left until the May 23 deadline to start using national provider identifiers (NPIs)--and the new system isn't quite ready for prime time.Problem #1: Most providers still haven't tried out billing with an NPI, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials told the March 5 meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council. By now, 80 percent of known providers have obtained an NPI, but only 20 percent are "actively implementing" the numbers in billing.These figures mean most physicians need to...

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