| Subject: | CMS Issues Fact Sheet on the National Provider Identifier |
| Category: | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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| Published: | Wed, 18 Jan 2006 - 10:00 am |
| The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) mandated that the Secretary of Health and Human Services adopt a standard unique health identifier for healthcare providers. On January 23, 2004, the Secretary published a Final Rule that adopted the National Provider Identifier (NPI) as this identifier.
All HIPAA covered healthcare providers, whether they are individuals or organizations, must obtain an NPI for use to identify themselves in HIPAA standard transactions.... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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