This customizable document, Supplier Numbers, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Home Care Corporate Compliance Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Supplier Numbers:

	POLICY: The CEO is responsible for: Completing the HCFA 855S supplier application. Complying with federal requirements for updating supplier number applications. The supplier will not bill any federal, state or private payor healthcare plan without first obtaining the necessary billing numbers. Billing numbers will be used correctly and appropriately, e.g., if the supplier has more than one location, the supplier number of the location that filled the order will be entered on the claim form. Claims for Medicare reimbursement shall not be submitted prior to the supplier being issued a...
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	...Claims for Medicare reimbursement shall not be submitted prior to the supplier being issued a valid supplier number by the National Supplier Clearinghouse. SUBJECT: SUPPLIER NUMBERS REFERENCE #2004 PAGE: 1 DEPARTMENT: HOME CARE OF: 1 EFFECTIVE: APPROVED BY: REVISED: ...