tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 18
Are PIN Deactivations in Store for You?
OIG says pee-yew to the UPIN databaseIf you have a provider identification number you haven't used in a while, you may soon not be able to use it at all. The HHS Office of Inspector General maintains that Medicare's database of unique physician/practitioner identification numbers is ridden with inaccuracies and needs to be cleaned up soon. For example, more than half of providers in the active UPIN database had inaccurate information on at least one of their practice setting records, the OIG says in "Accuracy of Unique Physician/Practitioner Identification Number Registry Data" (OEI-03-01-0380). The issue is important...
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