• Last Name*— The individual's last name.
• First Name— The individual's first name.
• Middle Name— The individual's middle name. You can enter a middle initial rather than a full name.
• Prefix— A title that displays at the beginning of a person's name to indicate marital status and gender, education, or occupation, (e.g., Dr., Mrs., PhD, etc.)
• Generation— Suffix to distinguish persons that share the same name in a family, (e.g. Jr., II, Sr, etc.) Select a generation from the list.
• Title— A professional or some other designation that comes at the end of a name, for example, CPA, MD, ESQ, etc. Select a title from the list.

• Provider ID*— The service provider's ID number. This value can be entered by clicking to assign the next available number. The first service provider will always have a service ID equal to the Billing Provider ID.
• NPI— The service provider’s National Provider Identifier (NPI). This is a 10-digit ID assigned to the provider by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). It is possible for service providers under one billing provider to have the same NPI. For example, groups or organizations with multiple subparts could share the same NPI.
• Type—This is a user-defined code setup to identify different types of providers, for example, hospitals, labs, anesthesiologists, and radiologists. Select a provider type from the list.
• Inactive—Indicates the service provider is inactive. Operators will not be able to enter claims for inactive service providers.
• Suppress PPA—If this check box is selected, the PPA A way to recover a previous overpayment by deducting the amount from a check issued to the same payee until the overpayment is recovered. This reduction has no impact on the benefit of a claim; the impact is on the amount of the check. window won’t display and the operator won’t be able to process prior payment adjustments. If there is a prior payment adjustment for either the provider or member, the claim will be pended (P28).
• Suppress Checks/EOBs—If this check box is selected, no checks or EOBs will be sent to the provider.

Additional information associated with the provider. Include information that will help operators quickly respond to inquiries about the provider. The comment can be up to 50 characters long.

• The provider demographics data tile will display the first few characters of the comment. Point at the icon to see the whole comment.

Important or critical information about the provider. Include information that operators need to know about the provider or provider's information on file, or if the provider requires special handling. The alert can be up to 150 characters long.

• The Claims or provider demographics data tile will show an alert icon next to the billing provider's name at the top. Point at the icon to see the whole alert.
• The alert shows in the Provider Alerts window and in the Alerts tab when processing a claim associated with the provider. You can add a date range to limit the alerts.

• Specialty— The service provider's specialty.
• Certified—Indicates if the provider is board certified in the specialty.
  • Y—Yes—The provider is certified for this specialty.
  • N—No—The provider isn't certified for this specialty.
  • P—Pending—The provider is pending certification for this specialty.

• License ID—The service provider's state license number.

  Hint: Because a provider may be licensed in multiple states, you could use the format, State Code*License ID, to easily identify where the provider is licensed. For example, MD*C24801.

• Hospital Affiliation—The AHA codes for hospitals that this service provider has admitting privileges.