[List] Therapists need Provider ID Number by May 23

[office at ptidaho.org]

   Important info from APTA. Sent to you by IPTA. You must apply for  
an NPI number and it will follow you if you change jobs.

   Jill Cooper, IPTA Executive Director

   NATIONAL PROVIDER IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (NPI) DEADLINE IS MAY 23

It is recommended that all therapists, regardless of their practice  
setting, obtain an NPI. The deadline to obtain an NPI is May 23, 2007.  
You can access information regarding the NPI at  
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/06_implementation.asp or  
you can type ?NPI? into the search engine at http://www.cms.hhs.gov.  
The NPI Web site has links to various resources associated with common  
NPI questions. The NPI will be used for claims as well as quality  
measure reporting, so please recommend to your membership that they  
obtain one. There is no cost to obtain an NPI, and the application can  
be submitted electronically, by fax, or by mail. The CMS Web site has  
a terrific list of FAQs that you can use to educate your membership at  
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/08_NPI%20Contingency%20Planning.asp.

 
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