The AHA March 24 commented to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on upcoming requirements from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 regarding hospital off-campus provider-based ...
Buried in Section 6225 of the recently signed Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 is a small but mighty transparency provision: a unique national provider identifier requirement. This measure has ...
CMS will deny certain Medicare claims that don’t contain a valid national provider identifier for the ordering or certifying healthcare professional starting Jan. 6. The new practice will affect ...
As CMS considers requiring hospitals to obtain a unique national provider identifier for each hospital outpatient provider department, the American Hospital Association is urging the agency to ...