NPI Madness Part II
In our last newsletter (http://www.satechs.com/newsletters/0609newsletter.htm),
we let the proverbial cat out of the bag that you CAN use your
existing Lytec program to file claims using the new National
Provider Identifier (NPI). Today we get to prove it!
Now that the new CMS 1500 form has been released, and we have had the opportunity
to get our hands on the new paper HCFA, we have thus created for you new paper
and electronic form files which you can use.
The
Ground Rules
Where we pull the new fields from
The NPI forms we offer here will work with any version of Lytec from
Lytec 98 through Lytec 2006 immediately. That being said, Lytec
will not be adding any NPI fields to Lytec 2006 until January,
and does not ever plan to make any further adjustments to any of
the older versions of Lytec. For these reasons, we had to utilize
Lytec’s ability to create custom fields for many of the new
requirements to work. The table below illustrates where we are
utilizing these custom fields.
| Fields we now pull |
Where they
go in the new HCFA |
Where
the field pulls from if you have |
| Lytec 98, 2000 2001 |
Lytec XE, 2004, 2005, 2006 SP5.1 |
| Group Practice
NPI |
Box 33 |
Provider
Custom Field 1 |
Provider
Custom Field 1 |
| Provider
NPI |
Box 24J,
and Box 33 IF no Group NPI is Present |
Provider
Custom Field 2 |
Provider “Other
ID” |
| Facility
NPI |
Box 32 |
Facility
Custom Field 1 |
Facility “Other
ID” |
| Referring
Provider NPI |
Box 17a |
Referring
Provider Custom Field 1 |
Referring
Provider “Other ID” |
IMPORTANT: If you CURRENTLY already use any of the fields we are
using for these forms, you will need to contact us, or your local
Lytec reseller, to customize these forms for you.
Sharing these forms:
You may freely distribute
or share these forms to anyone you know who may benefit from them.
We trust in the interest of karma you
will not personally profit from these forms by selling them. If
a reseller asks you where you got these, just let ‘em know
you got them from Stephens & Associates. You may, of course,
modify the forms as necessary to suit your needs!
For
Our Validator Users:
The Validator uses the same exact fields as those
mentioned above for the NPI, but due to the fact that we need to
send additional
segments, we had to make some changes to the program’s support
files for it to be “NPI compliant” with all versions
of Lytec from 98 to 2006. For this reason, we are supplying the
NPI forms with our free Validator 5.11.0 update, due out in approximately
2 weeks. This is the 11th free major update to our Validator program
since Validator 5.0 was released in 2001.
Downloading and Using these forms:
The
forms below are for use with Lytec, and should be downloaded and
saved directly to your Lytec forms directory. If you try to open
them directly from your web browser, they will do you no good.
If you need assistance, contact your local Lytec reseller, and
they will be more than happy to assist you in downloading these.
NPI
HCFA for Medicare for Lytec 2006
NPI HCFA Standard for Lytec 2006
NPI HCFA for Medicare for Lytec XE, 2004, 2005
NPI HCFA Standard for Lytec XE, 2004, 2005
