Healthcare managers both in and outside of IT got a reprieve last week when CMS agreed to postpone the deadline by which all providers must get and use a national provider identifier number. Hospitals have largely gotten their NPIs, but physicians have not all gotten on board, which has slowed things down considerably, said George Arges, senior director of the health data management group at the American Hospital Association. The AHA had put in a request to CMS explaining the problem and …
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