National Provider Identifier
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Nov 3, 2026
Melissa PetersenGUEST
They come from FDA approved manufacturers.
Melissa PetersenGUEST
You have to have an NPI number.
Melissa PetersenGUEST
It's gated.
Melissa PetersenGUEST
So it's just ordering through a pharmacy.
Terry FletcherHOST
I would check that first and find out if you our bid commercial plan practice most practices are 30 to 50 percent medicare and then everybody else so always make sure you know what each individual payer plan policy has for that so let's review the basics first you want to remind your staff that medicare only allows for fee for time services when a physician substitutes for another physician or physical therapist for a physical therapist who is in a designated rural area medically underserved area or in a health professional shortage area.
Terry FletcherHOST
OK, the practice bills, the substitute services under the name and national provider identifier, so the NPI of the clinic or clinician they're filling in for.
Terry FletcherHOST
So here are some five core requirements outlined.
Terry FletcherHOST
just to make sure that you are ensuring compliance.
Rahul ShivkumarGUEST
We have a master list of healthcare organizations.
Rahul ShivkumarGUEST
We actually use the NPI registry too because all of our organizations have to register with a national provider identification number.
Rahul ShivkumarGUEST
So we've pulled that.
Rahul ShivkumarGUEST
We've enriched it using Clay.
Jim McDannaldHOST
You really had to, you know, basically kind of build out that referral base yourself.
Jim McDannaldHOST
But the nice thing these days is with things like chat GPT and Claude is that, you know, you can say things like it can draw names from like an NPI registry, which is like the.
Jim McDannaldHOST
national providers like Index in the United States.
Jim McDannaldHOST
You can have it look through Google business profiles.
Lisa FraleyGUEST
and then you can create your protocol, your recommendations to go forward using that and the other information you've acquired from them in their intake form and meeting with them, et cetera.
Lisa FraleyGUEST
But where it gets confusing is for people who are doctors or PAs or nurse practitioners who have ordering privileges, but you cannot do that in a nutrition practice, right? If you're an NTM, you can't use your doctor um NPI to order a lab test in your nutrition practice because as we said before we have to keep them entirely separate they are entirely separate like if you're an NTM working with someone in Kansas and you're a doctor in Connecticut you can't use your NPI and order a lab test for someone in Kansas where you're not licensed that is the unlicensed practice of medicine in Kansas and because you're using your MPI as a doctor licensed only in Connecticut.
Lisa FraleyGUEST
So don't do that.
Lisa FraleyGUEST
I'm happy to talk through how to do it other ways, but please don't do that.
David CanesGUEST
So the main ones available, as far as I know, are Open Evidence, Doximity Ask.
David CanesGUEST
Both of those are free if you have an NPI number.
David CanesGUEST
Heidi, the AI Scribe, just came out with Heidi Evidence.
David CanesGUEST
And that allows you to, they're not perfect, by the way.
MurphyHOST
That's actually a lot of responsibility that a nurse definitely doesn't have.
Nicky MGTVGUEST
I got an NPI number.
Nicky MGTVGUEST
I can write prescriptions so I can send them to civilian pharmacies.
Nicky MGTVGUEST
They get recognized.
Christian GreengrassGUEST
Stop doing that, right? Number two, be very careful whenever using LLM to ask clinical questions, right? There are approved models that are out there.
Christian GreengrassGUEST
Like, for example, Open Evidence, if you have an NPI number or if you're a student of some, like I'm an advanced practice student, so I will have access to Open Evidence.
Christian GreengrassGUEST
But even then, once again, it's trust but verify.
Christian GreengrassGUEST
Human in the loop.
Kate DeeHOST
So every licensed healthcare provider in this country has a license on file with their state.
Kate DeeHOST
And everyone who bills for care has what's called an NPI number.
Kate DeeHOST
That's a National Provider Identifier, basically like a social security number for clinicians.
Kate DeeHOST
It's public.
Laine D'AugustineGUEST
And now if you look at some of the new, I get these Instagram ads from handheld ultrasounds that plug into your iPhone or your iPad and you can buy your own and pay a couple hundred bucks a year subscription fee and have your own ultrasound.
Laine D'AugustineGUEST
And supposedly you have to have an NPI, a National Provider Identification Number, to purchase them.
Laine D'AugustineGUEST
But like I have one of those.
Laine D'AugustineGUEST
I'm kind of tempted to just buy one and play around with it.
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