While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that healthcare providers unable to meet the May 23, 2007 deadline for compliance with National Provider Identifier (NPI) regulations will get some reprieve, the agency has not let them off the hook completely. Healthcare providers, including clinical laboratories, are still supposed to make a good faith effort to stop using legacy identifiers and begin using—and collecting from referring physicians—National Provider Identifiers (NPIs
But lack of policies and procedures concerning NPI dissemination and the inability to access NPI data through a centralized database continue to pose potential problems. Join us during this national audio conference to learn more about NPI implementation concerns and what you should be doing right now to ensure you’ll be in compliance when the contingency period runs out
During this 90-minute program, you’ll :
Learn why CMS is requiring providers to switch from legacy identifiers to NPIs—and what the contingency plans announced by the agency mean for you Find out what the laboratory industry’s primary concerns are about NPI implementation Understand just how the lack of vital government guidance on NPIs could potentially affect your lab’s ability to get paid for services it provides Hear NPI implementation recommendations made by the American Clinical Laboratory Association and other groups Get critical advice on steps you should be taking right now to obtain NPIs from your partners and referring physicians You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions in our interactive Q&A portion of the program. Take this hassle-free approach to more about NPI implementation and its potential impact on labs. And you can invite your entire staff – for one low fee.
For more information, please call 800-401-5937, ext. 2. Continuing education credit is available.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Kimberly Tate Williams
Associate Vice President, Corporate Billing & Customer Service, Laboratory Corporation of America & Chairwoman, ACLA Transaction and Code Sets Committee
Lâle White, Executive
Chairman & CEO, Xifin
CMS Representative
Host & Moderator:
Kimberly Scott
Senior Editor, Washington G2 Reports
Washington G-2 Reports is approved as a provider of PACE contact hour credits for clinical laboratory professionals, including Florida or California licensees, by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS). This program qualifies for 1.5 CEU credit hours.
