Effective January 1, 2008, Medicare contractors will reject 837I electronic claims and UB04 paper claims without a National Provider Identifier (NPI) in fields identifying the primary provider (billing and pay-to). Legacy identifiers paired with NPIs in the primary provider fields will still be acceptable, as will legacy-only numbers in secondary provider fields.

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December 17, 2007 - Table of Contents

NIR December 17, 2007 (full PDF issue)

CMS Forging Ahead with Lab Bidding Demo in San Diego

Time Running Out for Physician Fee Fix

Advisory Panel Prescribes Changes for CMS, FDA in Genetic Test Oversight

January 1—Key Deadline for Use of National Provider Identifier

Medicare Improper Claims Payment Continues to Drop