Special Education Listserv

Subject: Medicaid NPI Implementation Effective May 9, 2008

Source: Shelley Witherbee, Director, Funds Management

Intended Audience: School Administrators, Directors of Special Education, Medicaid Billers

Date: March 4, 2008

The MO HealthNet Program will end its National Provider Identifier (NPI) contingency plan and implement full use of the NPI for all claims processing immediately following the close of the financial cycle on Friday, May 8, 2008.  This means that effective May 9, 2008, districts will only use their NPI number when submitting claims and not their MO Medicaid Provider Number.

For more information, please go to:

http://www.dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/pdf/bulletin30-47_2008feb29.pdf. 

If you have any questions, please contact Karri Thurman, DESE Contractor on Medicaid issues, at karrit_2000@yahoo.com or (573) 760-0154.