Use Case

Analyze Public Provider Data Without Losing Context

1,582,477 reviewed rows in the current published product

Use stable row contracts and immutable manifests so exploratory analysis can be repeated and reviewed.

Published Catalog

Version-bound CSV access

Review 1,582,477 source-dated rows across the published catalog, with product definitions and immutable release evidence.

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Problems You're Probably Running Into

Unversioned downloads
Non-repeatable transforms
Unclear field semantics
Calendar-based freshness claims

How Research Teams Teams Use the Data

Provider distribution analysis
Reproducible notebooks
Longitudinal release comparison
Methodology review

Fields in the Provider Data

Published products use documented public NPPES fields and retain their source release context:

  • NPIthe ten-digit National Provider Identifier
  • Provider Nameindividual or organization name from NPPES
  • Primary Taxonomythe documented specialty-selection result
  • Practice Locationsource-reported city, state, and postal code
  • Release Evidencesource date, manifest, and artifact checksum

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the current public catalog an official NPPES release?

Yes. The first reviewed NPPES-derived catalog product is published with aggregate coverage and release evidence. Provider rows are not publicly browsable; secure Stripe checkout provides controlled access to the purchased snapshot.

What evidence accompanies a release?

The release contract includes source identifiers, checksums, schema and transform versions, row counts, quality results, artifact paths, and publication timestamps.

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