The National Provider Identifier is unique number assigned to healthcare providers that are covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which is known as HIPAA. The Centers ...

Provider groups, reacting to uncertainty surrounding the use of national provider identifiers on claims forms, are asking the government to delay enforcing use of the numbers after May 23. Various ...

May 23 has come and gone, and national provider identifiers have been used during the course of several billing cycles now. The dust is beginning to settle, enabling providers and payers alike to ...

Healthcare and Medicare providers that experience financial woes as a result of the new National Provider Identifier standard may qualify for advance or accelerated payments, according to the Centers ...

Healthcare managers both in and outside of IT got a reprieve last week when CMS agreed to postpone the deadline by which all providers must get and use a national provider identifier number. Hospitals ...

I believe that registered nurses need to apply for NPI numbers in certain situations. Where and how can I learn more? Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Graduate Nursing, Washington State University, Vancouver ...

The National Provider Identifier, or NPI, is a new field added to the Personal Data Form and myHR and is required for faculty physician hires. Due to a change in benefits processing for Feinberg ...

Six physicians were near the brink of financial disaster after a criminal stole their identities and National Provider Identifiers (NPIs). Miguel de Paula Arias, a Florida con man, stole the ...

FiercePracticeManagement has previously on the importance of doctors keeping their National Provider Identifiers (NPI) secure, but that's not the only way criminals can use a doctor's identity to ...