So what good is it to have an NPI if the insurance compnies still force you to use their own "unique" ID number?!!!
Personally, I'm getting more than just a little fed up with the insurance industry setting their own standards and not being required to abide the same rules. What other industry/market/prefession/whatever can the user determine the what they will pay the provider.
Try this the next time you go to the gas station. Fill your tank with gas for $4 per gallon, tell the station owner that you will only approve $2.50 per gallon, and that your gasoline "insurance plan" will send them 80% in 30 (or 60 or 90) days, but only if the sttation "participates" in the plan otherwise you will receive the check and reimburse the gas station after they bill you. After all, we all know the price of gas is too high and the oil industry executives make too much money.
Oh BTW "I forgot my checkbook and so can't pay my co-pay today. Just send me a statement." How fast would you end up in jail for a drive off?
