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Medicare Announces New NPI Requirements Starting March 1

Physical therapists will be required to include their National Provider Identifier (NPI) in their Medicare claims' primary fields beginning March 1, 2008. Claims that only contain legacy numbers in the billing, pay-to, or rendering fields will be rejected or returned, according to a recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS cited successful transition to the NPI as cause for the next step in implementing the 10-digit numeric identifier.

Please visit the CMS Web Site for more additional information: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/

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The New York Physical Therapy Association (NYPTA) is a non-profit professional organization composed of approximately 5,000 licensed physical therapists (PTs), physical therapist assistants (PTAs) and PT/PTA students. The NYPTA is dedicated to serving the public's health interests, improving the standard of health for people of all ages, and advancing the interests of physical therapists in the State of New York.