The National Provider Identifier is unique number assigned to healthcare providers that are covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which is known as HIPAA. The Centers ...

Twenty percent of the addresses associated with the National Provider Identification numbers issued by the federal government this year are wrong, a new report contends. Some 19.7 percent of the ...

Fraud investigator Charette cautioned that not all discrepancies are the result of fraud or criminal conduct. Often, it can be an innocent mistake, such as an error ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is still spreading across the globe, nearly 11 million cases, and more than 519,000 deaths so far. In the absence of any effective ...

That "need to know" policy should apply within the practice as well, she said. NPIs should be shared only with those who need them to do their jobs, such as coders and billers. And because physicians ...