You can't have too many identifiers....see below. William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 +1 (614) 487-0320
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "HIPAAlive Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 17 May, 2002 09:58 AM Subject: [hipaalive] General: NCPDP unique provider identifier *** HIPAAlive! From Phoenix Health Systems/HIPAAdvisory.com *** Please refer to the URL below for information on this question... http://www.hipaadvisory.com/news/2002/0514ncpdp.htm My question---Why would NCPDP a Designated Standards Maintenance Organization under HIPAA propose their own unique provider identifier to replace the DEA number. What happened to the National Provider ID which has been set as the standard?? Not every provider in the US writes prescriptions. This seems to further confuse the issue. Now we'll just have one more provider number to replace when the NPI comes along... Comments please.... Larry Morgan R. Ph. HIPAA Task Force Coordinator North Mississippi Health Services 812 Varsity Dr. Tupelo, MS 38801 (662) 791-2604
