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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:33:39 -0400
From: Lemmietta McNeilly <LMcNeilly@...>
Reply-To: Lemmietta McNeilly <LMcNeilly@...>
Subject: CMS Issues Additional Guidance on National Provider Identifiers
To: ASHA Headlines <asha-headlines@...>

CMS Issues Additional Guidance on National Provider Identifiers



The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Part 2
in a series of Medlearn Matters designed to provide additional provider
education in obtaining and using a National Provider Identifier (NPI).
The Medlearn Matters article is available in PDF format and can be found
at on the CMS Web site at
www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/matters/mmarticles/2005/SE0555.pdf.





All health care providers and organizations are eligible to receive
NPIs. Effective May 27, 2007, providers and organizations that are
defined as covered entities under HIPAA will be required to have an NPI
in order to identify themselves in HIPAA standard transactions. For
covered entities, the NPI will replace the current health care provider
numbers. CMS cautions that an application and request for an NPI does
not replace the enrollment process for health plans.



For additional information on HIPAA or the NPI, visit ASHA's Web site at
<http://www.asha.org/about/legislation-advocacy/federal/hipaa/>
http://www.asha.org/about/legislation-advocacy/federal/hipaa/ or contact
Amy Hasselkus, ASHA's Associate Director of SLP Health Care Services,
via e-mail at ahasselkus@... or by phone at 800-498-2071, ext.
4514.





Lemmietta G. McNeilly, PhD., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow

Chief Staff Officer, Speech-Language Pathology

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

10801 Rockville Pike

Rockville, MD 20852

301/897-0108 Telephone

301/897-7356 Fax

lmcneilly@...





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