Move the Physician Specialty Code to the FISS Claim Record and Forward to the Common Working File (CWF) and National Claims History (NCH)
Section 1833 of the Social Security Act as amended by Sections 5501(a)
and (b) of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides for incentive payments for physicians and non-physician
practitioners with specific primary specialty designations. In order to determine if the physician or nonphysician practitioner is eligible for the incentive payment the specialty code, National Provider Identifiers
(NPIs) and names must be carried through the Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) and the Common
Working File (CWF) to the National Claims History (NCH).
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 29, 2010
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