Additional Resources & Links

• CMS NPI Viewlet
  Basic primer on NPI to support education of providers.
  
  
• CMS NPI Application: Online
  
  
• CMS NPI Application: Paper [ .pdf ]
  
  
• Redesigned CMS Web Site
  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/
  Announcing the redesigned CMS web page dedicated to providing all the latest NPI news for health care providers! This page also contains a section for Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) providers with helpful information on the Medicare NPI implementation. A new fact sheet with answers to questions that health care providers may have regarding the NPI is now available on the web page.
  
  
• 837 Submission Acceptance Timeline by Payer
  
  
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  http://questions.cms.hhs.gov/cgi-bin/cmshhs.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php
  Additional questions and NPI updates. Select "HIPAA Administrative Simplification" as the Topic and select "Identifier" as the Sub-Topic.
  
  
• Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
  http://www.wedi.org/
  
  
• Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) NPI Outreach Initiative
  http://www.wedi.org/npioi/index.shtml
  
  
• CMS Announces the National Provider Identifier Enumerator Contractor and Information on Obtaining NPIs [ .pdf ]
  
  
• Medlearn Matters: Medicare's Implementation of NPI [ .pdf ]