NPI Registration Deadline Extended to December 14, 2007
The deadline to register National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) with Medi-Cal has been extended to December 14, 2007. Providers who are already registered and need to update any information may only do so through December 14, 2007.
Providers who are replacing multiple Medi-Cal and Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) provider numbers with one NPI are reminded that the “pay-to” address, EFT account and PIN of the first Medi-Cal or CHDP number entered during the registration process will, by default, transfer to the new single NPI record.
Also, only one Remittance Advice Details (RAD) and one Claims Payment and Remittance Advice transaction (835) will be returned to the provider with claim payment information for the multiple provider numbers registered under the single NPI. Furthermore, only one 1099 tax form will be issued for the single NPI record.
In cases where an organization (Entity Type 2) wishes to receive more than one 835, paper RAD, 1099 tax forms or differing “pay-to” addresses, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) encourages the use of NPI subparts. Providers subject to cost-reporting requirements should consider the difficulty of consolidating multiple Medi-Cal numbers under one NPI prior to registering. Providers wishing to make updates to previously registered NPIs may do so using the NPI Collection (NPIC) tool through December 14, 2007. Effective December 15, 2007, providers who wish to make any NPI registration updates must submit a supplemental application form to the Provider Enrollment Division (PED).
For questions regarding NPI registration, providers may contact the Telephone Service Center (TSC) at 1-800-541-5555, select language preference (option 11 for English; option 12 for Spanish), option 16 from the main menu, then option 18 from the submenu.