CMS Adopts Contingency Plan for NPI Compliance April 9, 2007
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To the relief of the lab industry and other healthcare providers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is adopting a contingency plan for covered entities (other than small health plans) that will not meet the May 23 deadline to comply with National Provider Identifier (NPI) requirements under HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act).