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The government and private payers still have to iron out a lot of details before the number will be more boon than burden.
Physicians will someday be able to use one identification number to fill out all their claim forms, but there is a long road before that goal comes to fruition.
Starting May 23, 2005, physicians can submit an application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to receive their own National Provider Identifier. That single ID number will eventually replace all other identifiers that physicians use in reimbursement and other transactions with private payers, clearinghouses and the government...
Confusion surrounds new national doctor ID number
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