§162.412. Implementation specifications: Health plans.
45 C.F.R. § 162.412
A health plan must use the NPI of any health care provider (or subpart(s), if applicable) that has been assigned an NPI to identify that health care provider on all standard transactions where that health care provider's identifier is required.
A health plan may not require a health care provider that has been assigned an NPI to obtain an additional NPI.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Source
Source: 69 FR 3468, Jan. 23, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1320d—1320d-9 and secs. 1104 and 10109 of Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 146-154 and 915-917.
Source
Source: 65 FR 50367, Aug. 17, 2000, unless otherwise noted.