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A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
A unique physician identification number (UPIN) was a six-character alpha-numeric identifier used by Medicare to identify doctors in the United States. They were discontinued in June 2007 [ 1 ] and replaced by National Provider Identifier , or NPI numbers.
The Sunshine Act requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, biological and medical supplies covered by the three federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to collect and track all financial relationships with physicians and teaching hospitals and to report these data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
If the patient in the previous example had a $5.00 copay, the physician would be paid $45.00 by the insurance company. The physician is then responsible for collecting the out-of-pocket expense from the patient. If the patient had a $500.00 deductible, the contracted amount of $50.00 would not be paid by the insurance company.
In enacting, the National Practitioner Data Bank-enabling legislation, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, Congress intended for physicians to receive "full due process rights with notice and representation". (Statement of HCQIA lead sponsor Ron Wyden)
Vitas “regularly ignored concerns expressed by its own physicians and nurses regarding whether its hospice patients were receiving appropriate care,” the lawsuit alleges. Prosecutors claim the fraud didn’t just occur in that past, but that it is ongoing, with the knowledge of executives at both Vitas and Chemed Corp., the company’s parent.
Getting rid of the penny, which cost the government 3 cents each, could end up costing the Treasury Department money if it has to make more nickels, which cost nearly 14 cents each to make and ...
Small-cap and large-cap companies receive a lot of attention from investors, but mid-cap stocks like Northland Power Inc (TSX:NPI), with a market cap of CA$4.27B, are often out of theRead More...