Who opened inside your five miles.
Every practice that bills insurance registers an address with the federal NPI registry. We read it every week.
Not built yet. A registration is a filing date, not a grand opening. Some will be a practice that moved.
Ring diagram. Three sample optometry registrations inside five miles, the newest 1.4 miles out.
The newest registered 6 weeks ago, 1.4 miles away.
Sample ring. One Austin TX address, optometry only.
Two vendors already charge for this.
The dental version costs $299 a month.
"Premium $299 /month … Full market dashboard, refreshed weekly."
dentplicity.com/pricing, read
The generic version is sold to sales teams.
Provider Signals sells the NPPES entrant feed for any specialty at $0 to $480 a month, with "New practice openings" in its own navigation.
npidataservices.com/provider-signals, read
One stops at dentistry. The other is written for people hunting providers.
The registry is public and self-reported.
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The registry
Every practice that bills insurance registers an NPI. Name, address, specialty, date.
NPPES, the federal registry, at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov. CMS posts a 6.6 MB update every week.
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Your ring
We draw five miles around your address and list the registrations in your specialty, newest first. Distances are approximate.
NPPES address and taxonomy fields.
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Where it breaks
Records are self-reported, so a move can look like a new opening. CMS itself warns: "Issuance of an NPI does not ensure or validate that the Health Care Provider is Licensed or Credentialed."
CMS NPPES data dissemination page, read 2026-08-18.
Before you type your NPI
- I would have heard about it.
- A registration is a filing. The grand opening comes later, and the filing is the part nobody announces.
- These will be false alarms.
- Some will. A move can look like an opening, so every alert carries the raw record for you to judge.
- Do you cover veterinary?
- No. Vets do not register NPIs. Only eight veterinary organizations hold one in all of California.
The federal registry, read weekly against your ring.
Planned price: $99 a month
Sales teams pay up to $480 a month for this feed. Dentistry’s vendor charges $299.
Your ring read every week, and an email when a new registration lands in it.