Deadline to make changes to NPI information extended to Aug. 20 |
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it will give physicians until Aug. 20 to make changes or deletions to their National Provider Identifier (NPI) information before the NPI registry is made available to the public on Sept. 4. Physicians previously had until July 16 to make any needed changes or corrections to information supplied in their NPI application, as well as to delete any "optional" information. CMS plans to make public most of the information provided by a physician on their NPI application through the online NPI registry, but will not release a physician's Social Security number, Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identification number, date of birth or state or country of birth. Among the information CMS plans to release is a physician's address. Physicians should check the information supplied on their NPI information to determine whether or not they supplied their home address on the application – and replace it with their business address before August 20th. For more information go to: |
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