Health care providers can currently obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI) via a paper application or over the Internet through the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). These applications must be submitted individually, on a per-provider basis. The Electronic File Interchange (EFI) process allows provider-designated organizations (EFIOs) to capture multiple providers' NPI application information on a single electronic file for submission to NPPES. (This process is also referred to as "bulk enumeration.") To ensure that the EFIO has the authority to act on behalf of each provider and complies with other Federal requirements, an authorized official of the EFIO must sign a certification statement and mail it to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The latest form for Certification Statement for Electronic File Interchange Organizations that Submit NPI Data to the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (CMS-10175) expires 2020-12-31 and can be found here.
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Form and Instruction |
Supporting Statement A |
Approved without change |
Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection | 2021-03-05 | |
Approved with change |
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection | 2017-05-24 | |
Approved without change |
Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection | 2013-09-12 | |
Approved with change |
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection | 2009-04-22 | |
Approved with change |
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection | 2007-03-08 | |
Improperly submitted and continue |
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection | 2006-09-26 | |
Approved without change |
Extension without change of a currently approved collection | 2006-06-21 | |
Approved without change |
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number) | 2005-12-08 |