CMS is delaying the deployment of the NPI Registry |
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Dissemination of Data from the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) to Begin September 4, 2007NPPES health care provider data that are disclosable under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) will be disclosed to the public by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In accordance with the e-FOIA Amendments, CMS will be disclosing these data via the Internet. Data will be available in two forms: A query-only database, known as the NPI Registry. A downloadable file. CMS is extending the period of time in which enumerated health care providers can view their FOIA-disclosable NPPES data and make any edits they feel are necessary prior to our initial disclosure of the data. CMS must build in time to resolve any errors or problems that may be encountered with edits that health care providers submit. Therefore, in order to ensure edits are reflected in the NPI Registry when it first becomes operational and in the first downloadable file, health care providers need to submit their edits no later than Monday, August 20, 2007. Health care providers who submit edits on paper need to ensure that they are mailed in time for receipt by the NPI Enumerator by that date. CMS will be making FOIA-disclosable NPPES health care provider data available beginning Tuesday, September 4, 2007. The NPI Registry will become operational on September 4 and the downloadable file will be ready approximately one week later. Additional
information is available in the Data Dissemination section of the NPI page
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