Fed Regist. 2004 Jan 23;69(15):3433-68.
This final rule establishes the standard for a unique health identifier for health care providers for use in the health care system and announces the adoption of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) as that standard. It also establishes the implementation specifications for obtaining and using the standard unique health identifier for health care providers. The implementation specifications set the requirements that must be met by "covered entities": Health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers who transmit any health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction for which the Secretary has adopted a standard (known as "covered health care providers"). Covered entities must use the identifier in connection with standard transactions. The use of the NPI will improve the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and other Federal health programs and private health programs, and the effectiveness and efficiency of the health care industry in general, by simplifying the administration of the health care system and enabling the efficient electronic transmission of certain health information. This final rule implements some of the requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle F of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
本最终规则确立了医疗保健系统中医疗保健提供者唯一健康标识符的标准，并宣布采用国家提供者标识符（NPI）作为该标准。它还规定了获取和使用医疗保健提供者标准唯一健康标识符的实施规范。实施规范设定了“涵盖实体”必须满足的要求：健康计划、医疗保健结算中心以及那些以电子形式传输与部长已采用标准的交易相关的任何健康信息的医疗保健提供者（称为“涵盖医疗保健提供者”）。涵盖实体必须在标准交易中使用该标识符。通过简化医疗保健系统的管理并实现某些健康信息的高效电子传输，NPI的使用将改善医疗保险和医疗补助计划以及其他联邦健康计划和私人健康计划，以及整个医疗保健行业的有效性和效率。本最终规则实施了1996年《健康保险流通与责任法案》（HIPAA）行政简化副标题F的部分要求。
