On March 1, 2008, Medicare claims submitted by physicians and other practitioners, laboratories, ambulance company suppliers, DMEPOS suppliers and others that bill Medicare are required to include the new National Provider Identifier (NPI).
All 837P and CMS-1500 claims MUST have an NPI or NPI/legacy pair in the required primary provider fields. Failure to include an NPI will cause rejection of the claim!
Bill Popomaronis, R.Ph., NCPA vice president, home health and long term care pharmacy services, provides his thoughts and explanations on the latest DME information from CMS.
