NPI

• Providers will need to enter all of the NPIs registered in NPPES that is to be associated with the Medicaid ID

• The maximum number of NPIs that can be entered is 30 and after the maximum has been reached, the “Add” button will be disabled

• Ensure that the primary NPI listed on the grid is correct  

• If the NPI is incorrect, the provider has the option to edit or remove the NPI and make the necessary corrections

• If the NPI is deleted, all taxonomies that are associated with that particular NPI will be deleted as well

Primary

• The Primary NPI is prepopulated from previous entry and noted as Primary

• If the prepopulated NPI is not going to be primary, you may assign the primary role to another NPI by clicking on the Edit link

• Click “Add” if you wish to add NPIs, “Edit” to change an existing record or “Remove” to delete existing record

Special Characters:

• The following Special Characters cannot be used in the situations below. Field properties will not allow the following characters in the box:

 For First Name, Business Name, Other name (if any):    | + \ '

 For Last Name field:    | + \ ', and numbers are not allowed

 For Comment Boxes:     <  >  ^  ~ ` + | \ / ¬ £

 For Address fields:    | + ! @ # $ ^ * ( ) ? / \ " < > & : ; _

• If you copy and paste an excluded special character, an error message will display after clicking Save & Next

• Remove excluded characters from pasted information or uploaded text in the document

Save & Next:

• When finished, click Save & Next to save the information and proceed to the next page

• Click Back to go to the previous screen without saving

• Click Exit to return to the dashboard without saving

• Note that if the information is not saved, you will lose the data on the current page