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 ...

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 ...

Healthcare providers are facing increased claim denials in 2026 due to outdated National Provider Identifier (NPI) records following CMS's March 3 transition to Version 2 of its NPPES downloadable ...

Section 6225 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (CAA 2026), enacted on February 3, 2026, fundamentally changes Medicare's treatment of hospital off-campus provider-based departments.

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Buried in Section 6225 of the recently signed Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 is a small but mighty transparency provision: a unique national provider identifier requirement. This measure has ...

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 ...

As of April 1, 2026, CMS officially retired the manual data entry front-end for iQIES, forcing a complete shift to the new HARP-based access model and updated survey protocols. For Medicare post-acute ...

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