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National Uniform Claim Committee
The NUCC is a voluntary organization that replaced the Uniform Claim Form Task Force in 1995. The committee was created to develop a standardized data set for use by the noninstitutional health care community to transmit claim and encounter information to and from all third-party payers. It is chaired by the AMA , with the CMS as a critical partner. The committee is a diverse group of health care industry stakeholders representing providers, payers, designated standards maintenance organizations, public health organizations and vendors.
The NUCC resulted in the development of the CMS-1500 claim form, a single paper claim form for use by all third-party payers. With the transition of the medical community to electronic data interchange and the proliferation of data element definitions among various payers, it became essential that an organization be established to maintain uniformity and standardization in these areas.
The NUCC is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the data sets and physical layout of the hardcopy CMS-1500 claim form. While the form is maintained by the NUCC, the form can be purchased from the AMA, U.S. GPO or other vendors.
For general inquiries about the NUCC, please contact, via email at nuccinfo@nucc.org.
Revised 10/13/2023