The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which was signed into law on February 3, 2026, includes a significant new requirement affecting ...

Healthcare managers both in and outside of IT got a reprieve last week when CMS agreed to postpone the deadline by which all providers must get and use a national provider identifier number. Hospitals ...

The National Provider Identifier, or NPI, is a new field added to the Personal Data Form and myHR and is required for faculty physician hires. Due to a change in benefits processing for Feinberg ...

Medicare claims that don’t contain a valid national provider identifier for the ordering or certifying healthcare professional starting Jan. 6. The new practice will affect claims from clinical ...

Healthcare and Medicare providers that experience financial woes as a result of the new National Provider Identifier standard may qualify for advance or accelerated payments, according to the Centers ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), which impacts all physicians, providers, and suppliers that use NPPES to ...

Most of the time when we discuss identity theft in healthcare, it's in regard to patients' identities stolen by imposters who want to use their insurance. In a medical practice, physicians' identities ...

CMS will deny certain Medicare claims that don’t contain a valid national provider identifier for the ordering or certifying healthcare professional starting Jan. 6. The new practice will affect ...