Comments for ACS Medical Billing Specialists http://npihit.com/acsmb/acsblog We Do Medical Billing Right Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on CMS is masking a portion of the NPI in the Ordering/Referring Provider File by Kevin http://npihit.com/acsmb/acsblog/cms-is-masking-a-portion-of-the-npi-in-the-orderingreferring-provider-file/#comment-1653 Kevin Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:49:39 +0000 http://npihit.com/acsmb/acsblog/?p=70#comment-1653 <b>UPDATE!!!</b> CMS has restored the full NPI for their PECOS data dissemination file. The Pending Physician and Pending Non-Physician files are still masked at this time. If you haven't already, check out our NPI Lookup site at gotnpi.com UPDATE!!!
CMS has restored the full NPI for their PECOS data dissemination file. The Pending Physician and Pending Non-Physician files are still masked at this time.

If you haven’t already, check out our NPI Lookup site at gotnpi.com

]]> Comment on CMS is masking a portion of the NPI in the Ordering/Referring Provider File by Bill http://npihit.com/acsmb/acsblog/cms-is-masking-a-portion-of-the-npi-in-the-orderingreferring-provider-file/#comment-1367 Bill Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:47:36 +0000 http://npihit.com/acsmb/acsblog/?p=70#comment-1367 Yes. This has made a big impact in our compliance. We used to import these files and use the NPI to update our physicians list and code them as PECOS enrolled or not. The masking makes that automated update impossible now. I don't quite understand...NPIs can be looked up on a number of free websites. And the NPI is publicly known, yes? Why is there a problem with it being published? Seems like overkill. Yes. This has made a big impact in our compliance. We used to import these files and use the NPI to update our physicians list and code them as PECOS enrolled or not. The masking makes that automated update impossible now.

I don’t quite understand…NPIs can be looked up on a number of free websites. And the NPI is publicly known, yes? Why is there a problem with it being published? Seems like overkill.

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