Some hospitals are reporting that not all their payers apparently will be ready to process claims using the National Provider Identifier by the compliance date of May 23, 2007. The Medicaid offices in several states, including Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, and New York, have requested providers to continue to send in the current provider numbers after May 23, and some are asking providers to continue using the current UB-92 and CMS 1500 forms. Because a list of those who have identified their inability to meet the May 23 deadline is not available, hospitals are being urged to check with all their payers as to whether they will be able to process claims using the NPI and the UB-04. Read the Feb. 26 HFMA News posting.
