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 »  Home  »  Practice Management  »  Billing / Accounting  »  1500 Claim Form Starting in 2006 With the National Provider ID
1500 Claim Form Starting in 2006 With the National Provider ID
by Ryan Havlick | Published  09/23/2005 | Billing / Accounting | Rating:
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NPI
Recently Medicare has released new changes to the 1500 form for the National Provider ID (NPI).  The NPI is a global unique number per therapist which will eventually help to eliminate the need for multiple provider and group numbers for each individual insurance.

Future changes to the 1500 form may be released in the next few years, however in the short term Medicare has released the following dates which will transition to using the NPI.

1/1/2006 - 10/1/2006 - PIN or NPI numbers will be needed on the 1500 forms however NPI numbers alone won't be accepted.

10/1/2006 - 5/1/2007 - NPI number transition.  Claims could be denied without the NPI.

5/1/2007 - NPI manditory.  Claims will be denied without NPI.

To apply for the NPI number Medicare has setup the following website:
https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov and is free of charge.
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