# NPPES

**NPPES:** NPPES (the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System) is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services registry that issues NPIs and publishes provider records, including practice locations and deactivations.

NPPES (the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System) is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services registry that issues NPIs and publishes provider records, including practice locations and deactivations.

Registry data is self-reported and can lag, so a practice-location change in NPPES is confirmed against a second source before it counts as a signal.

Source: DDSIntel glossary, https://ddsintel.com/glossary/nppes

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