HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standard Unique Health Identifier for Health Care Providers; Final Rule
January 23, 2004 HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standard Unique Health Identifier for Health Care Providers; Final Rule This final rule establishes the standard for a unique health identifier for health care providers for use in the health care system and announces the adoption of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) as that standard. It also establishes the implementation specifications for obtaining and using the standard unique health identifier for health care providers. The implementation specifications set the requirements that must be met by covered entities: Health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers who transmit any health information in electronic . . .
