Following announcement earlier this month of a contingency period for HIPAA-covered entities that cannot meet the May 23 deadline to comply with National Provider Identifier (NPI) requirements, CMS followed up on April 18 with a roundtable conference call to spell out specifics on what these entities should be doing to reach compliance.

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April 23, 2007 - Table of Contents

NIR April 23, 2007 (full PDF issue)

CMS Discloses More Details on NPI Compliance Policy

Industry Dodges the Bullet, for Now, on Lab-Developed Tests

CMS Gears Up for New Medicare Quality Reporting Program

Congressional Scorecard on Major Pending Bills

CMS Updates Lab Coalition on Medicare Bidding Demo

Follow-Up on the ‘Lab Lobbying Blitz’