Organization Endpoints
The Organization endpoints return data for healthcare business entities such as hospitals, physician groups or skilled nursing facilities. An organization is uniquely identified by an internally assigned organization_id. Each Organization can be associated with multiple Type 2 NPIs. Using a lookup will return the full Organization object while using a search returns select fields for all Organizations that fit the search criteria.
Returns the full Organization object, which contains the following field categories, some of which are only available in the Essential and Complete Tiers.
- Organization ID: an internally assigned ID uniquely identifying an Organization.
- Name and Location: name, street address and latitude/longitude.
- Organization Type: the organization type, such as Skilled Nursing Facility, Hospital, etc.
- Parent Organization: where applicable, the parent Organization's ID and name.
- Associated NPIs: all the Type 2 NPIs and their specialties that are associated with the Organization in question.
A full list of fields and definitions can be found by expanding the 200 response tile on the Lookup API Reference page.
Returns a paginated response of all Organizations that meet the search criteria. Fields from the Organization object are limited to the following.
- Organization Information: name and internally assigned ID uniquely identifying an Organization.
- Associated NPIs: all the Type 2 NPIs that are associated with the Organization in question.
A full list of fields and definitions can be found by expanding the 200 response tile on the Search API Reference page.
Updated 11 months ago