Next May, providers will begin using the new NPI, a 10-digit number to be used in all healthcare billing procedures mandated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. NPIs are ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), which impacts all physicians, providers, and suppliers that use NPPES to ...

Groups representing a cross-section of providers have formally asked the government to delay enforcing use of the national provider identifier on claims forms, concerned that technical problems will ...

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 ...