[Provider] NPI Update from CMS

[Provider Notification]

ATTENTION:  All MaineCare Providers who have obtained National Provider
Identifiers (NPIs)

 

This message is forwarded from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services and is for health care providers, particularly physicians and
other practitioners, who have obtained National Provider Identifiers
(NPIs) and have records in the National Plan and Provider Enumeration
System (NPPES).  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
recommends that each health care provider, including individual
physicians and non-physician practitioners:

 

*      Know and maintain their NPPES User Ids and passwords. 

 

*      Reset their NPPES passwords at least once a year.  See the NPPES
Application Help page regarding the 'Reset Password' rules.  Those rules
indicate the length, format, content and requirements of NPPES
passwords. 

 

*      Review their NPPES records in order to ensure that the
information reflects current and correct information.  

 

Maintaining NPPES Account Information for Safety and Accessibility

Health care providers, including physicians and non-physician
practitioners, should maintain their own NPPES account information
(i.e., User ID, Password, and Secret Question/Answer) for safety and
accessibility purposes.  

 

Viewing NPPES Information


Health care providers, including physicians and non-physician
practitioners, can view their NPPES information in one of two ways:

 

(1) By accessing the NPPES record at
https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do
<https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do>  and following the NPI
hyperlink and selecting Login.  The user

      will be prompted to enter the User ID and password that he/she
previously created. * 

 

* If the health care provider has forgotten the password, enter the User
ID and click the "Reset Forgotten Password" button to navigate to the
Reset 

  Password Page.  If the health care provider enters an incorrect User
ID and Password combination three times, the User ID will be disabled.
Please

  contact the NPI Enumerator at 1-800-465-3203 if the account is
disabled or if the health care provider has forgotten the User ID.

 

OR

 

(2) By accessing the NPI Registry at
https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/NPIRegistryHome.do
<https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/NPIRegistryHome.do> .  The NPI Registry
gives the health care provider an online

      view of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)-disclosable NPPES data.
The health care provider can search for its information using the name
or NPI 

      as the criterion.  

 

Updating NPPES Information


Health care providers, including physicians and non-physician
practitioners, can correct, add, or delete information in their NPPES
records by accessing their NPPES records at
https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do
<https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do>  and following the NPI
hyperlink and selecting Login. The user will be prompted to enter the
User ID and password that he/she previously created.   

 

Please note: Required information cannot be deleted from an NPPES
record; however, required information can be changed/updated to ensure
that NPPES captures the correct information.  Certain information is
inaccessible via the web, thus requiring the change/update to be made
via paper application.  The paper NPI Application/Update Form can be
downloaded and printed at
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/cmsforms/downloads/CMS10114.pdf
<http://www.cms.hhs.gov/cmsforms/downloads/CMS10114.pdf> . 

 

Need More Information?


Providers can apply for an NPI online at https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov
<https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/> 

or can call the NPI enumerator to request a paper application at
1-800-465-3203.  Having trouble viewing any of the URLs in this message?
If so, try to cut and paste any URL in this message into your web
browser to view the intended information.  

 

Note: All current and past CMS NPI communications are available by
clicking "CMS Communications" in the left column of the 

         www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand CMS webpage.

 

 

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