G2 News-At-A-Glance: Inspector General Completes Updates to Sanction List

Beginning with the September updates to the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities, the list will include National Provider Identification (NPI) numbers and fields for waiver and waiver states. The NPI is the most important addition for compliance officers and others conducting sanction screening in your laboratory. While not all providers have NPIs, many do, and the NPI is a much easier to obtain data point than a date of birth or Social Security number in the case where verification of a positive hit is needed. If your lab uses the downloadable file to update your sanction lists, your software may need to be updated to accommodate these additions. Also, policies and procedures may need to be changed to account for using the additional information.