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Most recent data update
August 28, 2010
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CarePrecise Access™ CompleteBest In Class Healthcare Data & Research Tools CarePrecise Access Complete offers the complete National Provider Identifier (NPI) database of U.S. healthcare providers maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Microsoft Access® database form, usable on ordinary desktop and laptop computers. All states and territories, all 314 fields of detailed data, nearly 1 billion data points in all. Now you can work with complete healthcare provider data in Microsoft Access® and other favorite applications.
In an open form that can be used on ordinary desktop computers and laptops, CarePrecise Access Complete delivers every data field, and every row of data, contained in the National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintains this database. All healthcare providers who are HIPAA covered entities must obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI) by reporting their information via the NPPES, and updating it when it changes. This represents virtually all of U.S. physicians, hospitals, and other providers who accept insurance or are associated with a hospital. updated monthly by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CarePrecise also includes providers' PECOS enrollment status, indicating providers who eligible to bill Medicare. New with Version 2.2: Tables showing Added and Dropped provider records, indicating which may be new, and which may have retired or may no longer be practicing for a variety of reasons, or may have changed their business. The data – which includes complete contact information, names, addresses, phones, faxes, state license numbers and specialties – is comprehensive and authoritative, reported and updated by providers themselves in their federal National Provider Identifier (NPI) record as required by HHS, and is the single best source of detailed information on the nation's 3 million+ records for physicians, dentists, nurses, clinics, hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and all other provider types. All at a price of about 1 cent per 100 records, or 3 million records for as low as $117.00.* CarePrecise brings powerful added value to the federal NPI database: Accessibility as a complete dataset. It gives you the full database including all federally released data, plus specialty and subspecialty Speciaties are reported by providers using their Provider Taxonomy Codes. CarePrecise datasets include both the taxonomy code and the specialty in plain English. Click the link to see current specialties. (provider taxonomy) descriptions, PECOS status, and added and dropped providers, in both Microsoft Access® and CSV formats, and delivers it all to you on data DVD. Constant updates, available within 72 hours of the monthly federal data release, assure the best provider information available – the current dataset released by CMS is dated August 28, 2010. Want even more? Get wealth/poverty and urban/rural demographics on providers' service areas, plus valuable marketing and mailing tools when you order CarePrecise GOLD.
APPLICATIONS: CarePrecise Access Complete is a normalized relational database containing every healthcare provider and all of the data reported by the provider to the federal National Provider Identifier (NPI) database. The format is specifically designed to be used on standard office-class desktop and laptop computers, overcoming the filesize and maximum row and column issues posed by the federal NPPES database through a process that removes blank fields from the flat file and organizes the data into separate tables for name information, address information, etc., plus data from other federal sources. This allows queries to act on the full (originally 3.6 gigabytes) dataset within a normal PC environment, either using the Microsoft Access mdb files, or by importing into other database applications such as FileMaker, MySQL, Postgre, Oracle, FoxPro, Caché, etc. using the provided CSV files. In addition to the complete NPPES data, specialty and subspecialty descriptions have been added to the taxonomy data, enabling searches for "dentist," "otolaryngology," etc., in addition to the provider taxonomy codes Speciaties are reported by providers using their Provider Taxonomy Codes. CarePrecise datasets include both the taxonomy code and the specialty in plain English. Click the link to see current specialties.. This dataset can be used to:
SUPPORT: The Single Purchase option includes 30 days of free Technical Support, and the subscription options come with 90 days of free Technical Support. Go here for details. FILE FORMATS: The product is delivered in two file formats, both on one DVD, each containing identical data:
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For operation as a single joined dataset running in Microsoft Access, we recommend Microsoft Access 2003 or 2007. You should have 2 gigabytes of RAM (4GB recommended). Approximately 700MB of disk space is required for storage of the MDB files, plus additional disk space when manipulating the data. Because the files are quite large, we recommend disk defragmentation prior to copying the files to your computer for best performance. The CSV files may be imported into any application that supports comma separated value files and supports approximately 3 million rows of data (more for taxonomy and other ID tables). 
DATA STRUCTURE: CarePrecise Access is distributed as seven normalized relational database tables (MDB files), each keyed by the National Provider Identifier (NPI) number, plus a core Microsoft Access database that links the seven files together and includes query examples, two tables that identify added and dropped provider records, and CSV versions of the files. Through data normalization, CarePrecise reduces the highly redundant 314-field NPPES flat file structure to 65 unique fields, removing large volumes of unused space while preserving every character of the data and all of the original granularity. The data is in no other way "compressed," but is ready to access at as little as 13% of the original file size (varies), and in a form that can readily be searched, manipulated and imported into applications. Download a sample data pack here; the sample is identical in structure to the full set, but a reduced number of records.
LICENSING: CarePrecise data is licensed for use by the purchaser, including limited redistribution in other than complete form. Review the License Agreement here. OTHER FORMATS: If you need a different data structure or file format, we can accommodate. Contact sales@careprecise.com. MORE INFORMATION: Contact CarePrecise Sales at (918) 406-3998, sales@careprecise.com Click to order: Single Purchase | Quarterly Subscription | Monthly Subscription
* Low as $117.00 for the complete monthly dataset when purchased on a 12-month subscription. ** The data contained in CarePrecise Access is sourced from the National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS), and other US federal sources obtainable under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and provided monthly by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of Inspector General, divisions of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and from the US Census Bureau, a division of the US Department of Commerce, agencies of the US federal government, and the United States Postal Service (USPS). Neither CarePrecise nor its partners or affiliates are responsible for data maintained by these or other source providers. The database is the most complete available; all HIPAA covered entity healthcare providers in the U.S. are required under the NPI Final Rule to provide their information to these databases and to update when their information changes. No warranty is expressed or implied as to the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information presented here, nor that the data structure will not be changed in the future by CMS, beyond the diligent effort to include all released data. CarePrecise and CP ListMaker are trademarks of CarePrecise Technology. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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Provider names and 'AKA' data (i.e., other name, legal business name) 
