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New Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) Consistency Edit to Validate Attending Physician National Provider Identifier (NPI)

The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to implement a new consistency edit to validate that the attending physician NPI is not being fictitiously substituted with organization NPI to bypass HIPAA standards.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: October 06, 2022

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