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Question: Now that agencies are required to use their National Provider Identifier (NPI) number on claims, what number do you put in M0010 (Agency Medicare Provider Number)?
A) The new NPI
B) The old agency provider number
C) Both
Answer: B. Continue to report the Agency Medicare Provider Number (now called the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Certification Number or "CCN"), CMS instructs in Question 8 of the new OASIS questions and answers. "The agency NPI number will not be collected anywhere in the OASIS data set," CMS says. These May 2007 Q&As are posted on the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board's Web site.
Note: To see the May 2007 OASIS Q&As, go to www.oasiscertificate.org and select "resources."
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