California Physician

Physicians Must Register NPIs with Medi-Cal by March 1 to Prevent Cash Flow Disruption Physicians Must Register NPIs with Medi-Cal by March 1 to Prevent Cash Flow Disruption
[Posted 12/21/06]

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More information on NPIs is available in CMA ON-CALL document #1608, “National Provider Identification Numbers.” ON-CALL documents are free to members at CMA’s members-only website. Nonmembers can purchase ON-CALL documents for $2 per page in the CMA bookstore.

Physicians must register their national provider identifiers (NPIs) with Medi-Cal by March 1 to ensure that their payments are not interrupted when Medi-Cal transitions from its current provider numbering system to the NPI system on May 23.

Providers can register their NPIs online at the Medi-Cal website, http://www.medi-cal.ca.gov, or by mail. To request a paper NPI registration form, call 800/541-5555 and select option 16, followed by option 18.

If you haven’t already applied for your NPI, you should do so immediately. Applying for an NPI is fairly simple. Physicians can apply online at https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov. If you do not have Internet access, call the NPI Enumerator at 800/465-3203 and request a paper application form.

Contact: CMA’s legal information line, 415/882-5144 or legalinfo@cmanet.org.

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