NPI number, New Grad

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HI,

I'm a brand new NP. (Adult/Gero Primary Care). I was told through faculty at my school I could apply for my NPI number, but in the process of the application, it asks for a Practice Location address. It won't let me leave it blank, and I don't think I should put my home address on there, can I? Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

TN2BAM

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Specializes in Cardiac, ER.

In my experience, the NPI is the easiest and quickest part of starting that first job as an NP. Your employer should do it for you and it is a quick easy process,...credentialing on the other hand is painful. My point here is don't mess with it, let your employer do and pay for it! Congratulations on your new journey!!

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Specializes in Family Medicine, Tele/Cardiac, Camp.

I put down my home address and then changed it once I got a job. It wasn't such a big deal to me since I had a PO Box and ended up moving shortly after getting it anyway, but I could understand why you would be uncomfortable with having your home address as public record.

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I used the hospital I was going to work at for the address - and just a heads up, it took me 5 weeks to get my NPI due to "high volume." I applied July 20th and didn't receive it until the end of August. I'm not sure what they are running now but it was kind of a headache.

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The NPI took less than an hour, however DEA is on week 8 and counting!

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I am a new grad and have not sat for boards yet. However, I started the credentialing process for my future job. They want an NPI. Can I get an NPI without having taken boards yet? I am just worried it will be tied to my RN instead of my future ARNP.

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1 hour ago, _zoubisoubisou_ said:

I am a new grad and have not sat for boards yet. However, I started the credentialing process for my future job. They want an NPI. Can I get an NPI without having taken boards yet? I am just worried it will be tied to my RN instead of my future ARNP.

You can get an NPI with RN and then change it to NP later - I had an NPI as RN (we billed for some RN services) and updated my NPI with new employer and new role information. I couldn't get the online update to work but I printed out the paper application and my information was updated with in a week or so - so not a big deal.

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