Buried in Section 6225 of the recently signed Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 is a small but mighty transparency ...

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 ...

The AHA March 24 commented to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on upcoming requirements from the Consolidated ...

In a bipartisan spending agreement negotiated largely behind closed doors, Congress included a policy change with major ...

As CMS considers requiring hospitals to obtain a unique national provider identifier for each hospital outpatient provider department, the American Hospital Association is urging the agency to ...

Healthcare managers both in and outside of IT got a reprieve last week when CMS agreed to postpone the deadline by which all providers must get and use a national provider identifier number. Hospitals ...

Provider groups, reacting to uncertainty surrounding the use of national provider identifiers on claims forms, are asking the government to delay enforcing use of the numbers after May 23. Various ...

Healthcare and Medicare providers that experience financial woes as a result of the new National Provider Identifier standard may qualify for advance or accelerated payments, according to the Centers ...

Providers can monitor claims and reimbursements to verify that billed services match actual income and that reimbursements are not being diverted elsewhere. HealthDay News — National Provider ...

The National Provider Identifier, or NPI, is a new field added to the Personal Data Form and myHR and is required for faculty physician hires. Due to a change in benefits processing for Feinberg ...

CMS will deny certain Medicare claims that don’t contain a valid national provider identifier for the ordering or certifying healthcare professional starting Jan. 6. The new practice will affect ...