National Provider Identifier (NPI)
Resources

NPI Links

• CMS to publish the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES)
  Data Dissemination Notice
• NPI Checklist (Medical Society of Delaware Physicians Advocacy Program)
• CMS National Provider Identifier website (regulations, educational resources, enumeration reports, Medicare NPI implementation, EFI): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/
• WEDI NPI Outreach Initiative website: http://www.wedi.org/npioi/index.shtml
• WEDI white papers on NPI: http://www.wedi.org/npioi/public/articles/index.cfm?fuseaction=link
  • For recommended templates to use in sharing NPIs with trading partners and others, choose the paper: NPI Information Exchange: Strategies and Approaches White Paper, Final Version. The templates are in separate documents. The spreadsheet format is found in the WEDI NPI Dissemination Forms Type1 and Type2 Providers template.
  • WEDI Recommended NPI Transition Plan for the Contingency Period
    http://www.wedi.org/npioi/public/articles/dis_viewArticle.cfm?ID=635
    
• Revised CMS 1500 Form with NPI and related news and instructions:
  http://www.nucc.org/
• NCVHS Letter to the Secretary of HHS 2/15/2007 making recommendations on NPI implementation: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/070215lt.htm
• NC Industrial Commission with NPI Usage Mandate: http://www.comp.state.nc.us/ncic/pages/021407mf.htm

NPI Contingency Plans

• Contingency plans submitted to WEDI: http://www.wedi.org/npioi/public/articles/dis_viewArticle.cfm?ID=690
• Mountain State Blue Shield Contingency Plan: http://www.msbcbs.com/PDFFiles/NPI-Contingency-plan-4-19-2007.pdf
  

Information About NPI on Payer Websites

• Aetna: http://www.aetna.com/provider/NPI_talking_points.html
• Amerigroup NPI Guide: https://www.amerigroupcorp.com/pdf/providers/NPI/NPI_Claims_Guide.pdf
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC: http://www.bcbsnc.com/providers/npi.cfm
• Carefirst BCBS Contigency Plan: http://www.carefirst.com/providers/BlueLink/BlueLinkDetails_200704.html
• CIGNA: http://www.cigna.com/health/provider/medical/national_provider_identifier.html
• CIGNA Government Service: http://www.cignagovernmentservices.com/NPI/index.html
• Emdeon: http://www.emdeon.com/pdfs/Emdeon%20Payer%20List%20-%20Claims.pdf
• MedCost: http://www.medcost.com
  Newsletters: http://www.medcost.com/newsletter_publications.htm
  NPI registration: https://www.medcost.com/npicollection/
• NC Medicaid - Division of Medical Assistance: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dma/NPI.htm
• TRICARE: http://www.mytricare.com/Internet/tric/tri/tricare.nsf/EXT/Archvs_NtnlPrvdrIdntfrNP_1
  http://www.tricare.mil/hipaa/identifiers.html
• United Healthcare - Uniprise: http://www.uniprise.com/hipaa/index.html
• Virginia Medicaid - DMAS: http://www.dmas.virginia.gov/npi-home_page.htm