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CODINGLINE CORNER

07/04/2012     




Query: Dispensing DME at a Second Office Location

We have opened a second office location and would like to begin dispensing DME products to our Medicare patients. I have downloaded the appropriate CMS 855S form, but have a couple of questions that my local carrier is not giving me much help on.

Do we need to get a new NPI for the second location for the DME?; or can we just apply to get a new PTAN number?; or can we just bill from our "main office" without regard to where (i.e., out of which office location) we are dispensing the DME items?

Danny Albertson, APRN, Office of Paul Krestik, DPM, London, KY
 
Response: 1) You may use the same NPI. NPI is linked to your Federal Tax ID number, and you may have as many offices linked to NPI as you wish.

2) Each office must have its own unique PTAN.

Paul Kesselman, DPM, Woodside, NY

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