How to Find My Medicare Provider Number

Health care providers that provide care to Medicare recipients must receive a Medicare provider number prior to administering care in order to be able to bill their services to Medicare. This provider number is the National Provider Identifier (NPI) number. Healthcare providers must apply for their NPI number through the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), who then assigns the ten-digit identification number for the health care provider to use when submitting Medicare paperwork. Keep track of your NPI number carefully or you will have to contact the NPPES to inquire about your lost number.

Instructions

• 1

  Save the notification letter you received from the NPPES after you applied for the NPI number. If you applied by mail, you received a hardcopy letter, notifying you of your acceptance and providing you with your NPI number. If you applied electronically, you received an email letter with your NPI number. This notification letter is proof that you have an NPI number and it contains the necessary information for verifying it.

• 2

  Visit the NPPES website to find contact information for the NPI enumerator. Contact the NPPES by telephone, by email or by mail for assistance with a lost or forgotten NPI number.

• 3

  File the NPI number in a safe place when you receive it after contacting the NPPES.