NPI Resources - The Basics
Get Your NPI Number Now
If you need an NPI number, use these links for efficient application processing and the fastest receipt of your NPI number:
Pharmacies
Use the web-based application process. Simply log onto the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) and apply online at https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do
Health Care Providers
You may want to obtain a copy of the paper NPI Application and Update Form (CMS-10114), and then mail the completed and signed application to the NPI Enumerator in Fargo, ND. NPI Enumerator staff will enter the application data into NPPES.
- Send your application to: NPI Enumerator, P.O. Box 6059, Fargo, ND 58108-6059
The form will be available only upon request through the NPI Enumerator. Health care providers who wish to obtain a copy of this form must contact the NPI Enumerator.
- Telephone: 800.465.3023 (toll-free voice) or 800.692.2326 (TTY)
- Email: customerservice@npienumerator.com
After you receive your NPI number
Please remember to notify each of these entities that you have received your NPI:
Your Online Services Provider
FDS is coordinating and managing NPI Numbers for HCC, FDS, and EZ-DME customers. If you are a customer of one or more of these entities, one phone call, email, or fax notifies all of them.
- Telephone: 877.602.4179 (toll-free) or 817.413.9950 (fax)
- Email:
NCPDP
- Telephone 480.477.1000
- Web site www.ncpdp.org
Others
- Any buying group, PSAO, or pharmacy related organizations that you may belong to.
Getting an NPI is easy and free.
Additional information about the NPI Number requirement may be found at the following links.
- http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand
- FDS' NPI Resource page 2 and page 3 on this web site.
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