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		<title>National Provider Identifier Final Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This final rule establishes the standard for a unique health identifier for health care providers for use in the health care system and announces the adoption of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) as that standard. It also establishes the implementation specifications for obtaining and using the standard unique health identifier for health care providers. The implementation specifications set the requirements that must be met by “covered entities”: Health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers who transmit any health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction for which the Secretary has adopted a standard (known as “covered health care providers”). Covered entities must use the identifier in connection with standard transactions.  The use of the NPI will improve the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and other Federal health programs and private health programs, and the effectiveness and efficiency of the health care industry in general, by simplifying the administration of the health care system and enabling the efficient electronic transmission of certain health information. This final rule implements some of the requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle F of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).]]></description>
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Office of the Secretary<br />
45 CFR Part 162 | [CMS–0045–F] | RIN 0938–AH99<br />
HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standard Unique Health Identifier for Health Care Providers<br />
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, HHS.<br />
ACTION: Final rule.</p>
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		<title>Employer Identifier Final Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This final rule establishes a standard for a unique employer identifier and requirements concerning its use by health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers. The health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers must use the identifier, among other uses, in connection with certain electronic transactions.  The use of this identifier will improve the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and other Federal health programs and private health programs, and the effectiveness and efficiency of the health care industry in general, by simplifying the administration of the system and enabling the efficient electronic transmission of certain health information. It will implement some of the requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES<br />
Office of the Secretary<br />
45 CFR Parts 160 and 162 | [CMS–0047–F] | RIN 0938–AI59<br />
Health Insurance Reform: Standard Unique Employer Identifier<br />
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.<br />
ACTION: Final rule.</p>
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