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US NPPES National Provider Identifier registry

United States · health-workforce · register

Every healthcare provider and organisation issued a National Provider Identifier, published as a monthly full-file download and a weekly incremental.

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Where it lives

PublisherCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Publication mandateHIPAA administrative simplification — NPI enumeration
LicenceUS Government work — public domain not verified
Access methodcsv
Fragmentationsingle national file
Update frequencymonthly full file, weekly incremental
Free structured versionyes — https://download.cms.gov/nppes/NPI_Files.html
Who else serves thisnone identified (listed as caution, not endorsement — an existing free or commercial service is often the most useful thing on this page)

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mandated publicationpass
terms permissive or silentpass
no login paywall captcha personal datafail
no specialist legal advice neededpass
verdictneeds_review

Named individual practitioners with practice addresses.

Sources

Last checked 2026-08-25.