| Subject: | CMS Announces “Legacy Free” Day – An Opportunity to Check NPI Readiness |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Wed, 30 Apr 2008 - 09:00 am |
| The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has requested clearinghouses that submit claims to FFS Medicare participate in a one day NPI preparation exercise. Specifically, on May 7, 2008, participating clearinghouses will send Medicare claims with NPI-only in provider fields which originally contain NPI/legacy pairs from the provider. In other words, clearinghouses will strip the... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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