Friday, July 21, 2006

Slow Hand

Get on it!

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina plans to make the required changes to its IT systems and business processes by September. However, the Durham-based company estimates that only 20% of the doctors and hospitals it works with have applied to the federal government and received their new ID numbers, according to Harry Reynolds, the insurer's vice president of information systems planning.



For many, adding the NPI number to records is pretty simple, but for others, modifing thousands of records is a very daunting task. Waiting until the last minute won't make it any smoother.

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