Industry Notes:
Get Your NPI Questions Answered With New Booklet
Published on Thu Feb 18, 2010
Trying to figure out whether it's OK for your locations to have the same NPI? You might want to check out CMS's newly updated booklet on National Provider Identifiers at
http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/NPIBooklet.pdf. Tip: The answer to your question may hinge on whether your locations send their own HIPAA-covered transactions.