| Q: | Why should I submit my NPI to NPINumberLookup? |
| A: | To simplify finding and providing NPI numbers. By HIPAA law, "Each covered health care provider [must] disclose its NPI, when |
| requested, to any entity that needs the NPI to identify that health care provider in a standard transaction." | |
| Q: | Am I required to disclose my NPI when requested? |
| A: | Basically, yes. See the response to this question posted on the HHS FAQ. |
| Q: | Is it safe? |
| A: | Yes, it's really not much different than the UPIN lookup already in the public domain. |
| Q: | How will my data be protected? |
| A: | We will only ever disclose your NPI, taxonomy code, name, state, and zip code from the query feature on the main page of this site. |
| Otherwise, we never sell your information or provide it to any party. | |
| Q: | Why did you bother to put together this site? |
| A: | Fair question. I am an office manager of a small private practice. I have a background in programming. I got tired of the inefficiencies |
| of exchanging NPI information. I wanted an non-cumbersome alternative to all the faxing madness, so I built this site. I hope it catches | |
| on so that it will be useful to many people. Please submit and pass the word! | |
| Q: | Why is this site not password protected? |
| A: | C'mon, really? Do you really want to remember another password. Let's make it easy. BTW, providing your NPI to requesting parties |
| is required by law. No need to jump through hoops. | |
| Q: | How do you ensure that NPIs in your database are valid? |
| A: | CMS follows a version of the ISO standard Luhn algorithm. We verify all submissions at the time of entry using this algorithm. |
| Q: | I've heard that Medicare is releasing an NPI Registry. If so, why are you doing this? |
| A: | CMS has announced plans to offer a publicly searchable NPI registry. However, the rollout has been delayed. Our plan is to |
| integrate the CMS data into our easy-to-use query page as soon as CMS makes their data available. | |
| Q: | Are you affiliated with NPIBase.org? |
| A: | Yes, it's the same site. |
| Q: | Do you have a way to accept bulk entries? |
| A: | Yes, send an email via our contact form and we'll instruct you how to send the bulk data. |