The National Provider Identifier, or NPI, is a new field added to the Personal Data Form and myHR and is required for faculty physician hires. Due to a change in benefits processing for Feinberg ...

However, public outcry over privacy succeeded in excluding patients. The NPI requirement took effect in 2008, and the database has always been free and public, something which shocks privacy ...

Providers have been going through some serious headaches already working to make sure they use their National Provider Identifier number properly and avoid getting claims bounced by Medicare. Now, ...