[cid:[email protected]]<http://www.cms.gov/MLNgeninfo/> >From the MLN: "Explaining the Difference Between a National Provider >Identifier (NPI) and a Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN)" MLN >Matters(r) Article Released - MLN Matters(r) Special Edition Article #SE1216<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE1216.pdf>, "Explaining the Difference Between a National Provider Identifier (NPI) and a Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN)" has been released and is now available in downloadable format. This article is designed to provide education on the differences between a National Provider Identifier (NPI) and a Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN). It includes information about new enrollees, revalidation, the relationship between the NPI and PTAN, and how providers can protect their identity in the Provider Enrollment Chain & Ownership System (PECOS).
>From the MLN: "MLN Products Catalog" Revised - The MLN has revised the MLN >Products >Catalog<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/MLNCatalog.pdf>. > The May 2012 MLN Products Catalog is a free interactive downloadable >document that links you to online versions of MLN products or the product >ordering page for hardcopy materials. Once you have opened the catalog, you >may either click on the title of an individual product or on "Formats >Available." ________________________________ If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads//MailingLists_FactSheet.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads/MailingLists_FactSheet.pdf> . If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/ContactCMS/index.html). Thank you.
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