Jan, We have about 400 providers in our group. We store the SSN electronically on our physician master.
Betsy Clore Wake Forest University Physicians Jan Root wrote: > Question: Are there any large health care facilities folks on this list serve? If >so, answer me this: Do you currently collect/keep current the SSN/EIN of all your >physicians that you bill for? > > I'm curious. If you're a large health care facility (or even a medium one) could >you reply to this email? Thanks! > > Jan Root > > Kepa Zubeldia wrote: > > > Jonathan, > > > > The NM109 needs to have the attending physician TaxID/EIN or the SSN. > > Then the UPIN is sent in the REF segment as secondary identifier. > > > > <gap analysis> > > This means that you are going to have to collect the tax ID or SSN > > numbers for the attending physicians, not just the UPIN. > > </gap analysis> > > > > I hope this helps. > > > > Kepa > > > > Jonathan Fox wrote: > > > > > > I have a question... > > > > > > On page 323 of the 837 Institutional Guide, the only valid Identification Code >Qualifiers are: > > > > > > 24 - Employer's Identification Number > > > 34 - Social Security Number > > > XX - NPI (when available) > > > > > > The note stated above the valid qualifiers indicates that Medicare assigns the >UPIN to the provider for identification purposes and it looks like the intention is >to use the UPIN with a 24 Qualifier and the UPIN number as the code. > > > Assuming that Employer Identification Number is equivalent to a provider's tax >ID, it would seem that the UPIN number is not a compliant code to submit in NM109. >Is this compliant? > > > It would be easier for us to accept UPIN in this section as well if possible >since tax ID is not always known, but we do not want to promote non-compliance with >our providers. How are other people handling this? > > > > > > Jonathan Fox > > > eCommerce Analyst > > > Independent Health > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. This e-mail and attachments, if any, may contain >confidential information which is privileged and protected from disclosure by Federal >and State confidentiality laws, rules or regulations. This e-mail and attachments, >if any, are intended for the designated addressee only . If you are not the >designated addressee, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or >distribution of this e-mail and its attachments, if any, may be unlawful and may >subject you to legal consequences. If you have received this e-mail and attachments >in error, please contact Independent Health immediately at (716) 631-3001 and delete >the e-mail and its attachments from your computer. Thank you for your attention. > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. > > > > ********************************************************************** > > To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. > > ********************************************************************** > To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request.
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