Bulletin: March 6, 2008

Correct Way to List a Railroad Retirement Number in NPPES

From CMS Message November 2007

Some clearinghouses are incorrectly instructing Medicare providers who bill as part of the Railroad Retirement (RR) Board program to list their Medicare RR Provider Identification Number (PIN) in the “Other” section in the “Other Provider Identification Numbers” field of National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). A RR PIN is a Medicare PIN and, therefore, should be listed in the Medicare PIN section within this field of NPPES. RR providers should double-check their NPPES records and update their information, if necessary. Because Medicare RR PINs are nine-digit numbers, they are temporarily being suppressed and will not be displayed in the NPI Registry or the downloadable file. Providers should review their NPPES records, not their NPI Registry records, to determine if corrections are needed.

From: NPI-CMS Communications > 2007 Messages > Nov 2007 Messages