Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
In other news ...• You'll have to change your NPPES password after system updates taking place March 7.
Published on Mon Feb 16, 2009 
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The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System which houses the National Provider Identifier database will enforce an eight-character password minimum, CMS says. The updates will also restore the "doing business as (DBA)" search feature, update the NPI registry daily, and display results in all capital letters, CMS adds.
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