National Provider Identifier
For Health Care Providers

The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) mandated the adoption of a standard unique identifier for health care providers. The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) collects identifying information on health care providers and assigns each a unique National Provider Identifier (NPI).

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Estimated time to complete the NPI application form is 20 minutes.

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Want to create a Web login for an existing NPI? (This option is only for health care providers previously enumerated via paper or EFI)
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