NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
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 76.  CPO Organization            CHAR   10
      NPI Number
  
 The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number
 of the HHA or Hospice rendering Medicare ser-
 vices during the period the physician is pro-
 viding care plan oversight.  The purpose of
 this field is to ensure compliance with the
 CPO requirement that the beneficiary must be
 receiving covered HHA or Hospice services
 during the billing period. There can be only
 one CPO provider number per claim, and no
 other services but CPO physician services are
 to be reported on the claim. This field is only
 present on the non-DMERC processed carrier claim.
  
 NOTE: Effective May 2008, the NPI will become the
 national standard identifier for covered health
 care providers. NPIs will replace the current
 legacy provider numbers (UPINs, PINs, OSCAR
 provider numbers, etc.) on the standard HIPPA
 claim transactions.  (During the NPI transition
 phase the capability was there for the NCH to receive
 NPIs along with an existing legacy number (UPIN, NPIs,
 OSCAR provider numbers, etc.)).
  
 NOTE1: CMS has determined that dual provider iden-
 tifiers (legacy numbers and NPIs) must be avail-
 able on the NCH.  After the 5/08 NPI implementation,
 the standard system maintainers will add the legacy
 number to the claim when it is adjudicated. Effect-
 tive May 2008, no NEW UPINs (legacy number) will be
 generated for NEW physicians (Part B and Outpatient
 claims) so there will only be NPIs sent in to the
 NCH for those physicians.
  
 DB2      ALIAS : CPO_ORG_NPI_NUM
 SAS      ALIAS : CPO_NPI
  
 LENGTH         : 10
  
 SOURCE         : CWF