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WASHINGTON -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will review national provider identifier protocols that now require separate numbers for each covered entity. The requirement could mean some physicians who are also part of group practices and other arrangements would have multiple NPI numbers.
At a meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, members brought the issue to the attention of CMS's director of program integrity, Kimberly Brandt.
"The goal here was to have less numbers, not more. So I appreciate your point, and it's a very good...
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