Laravel NPPES Package

A modern PHP 8.1+ Laravel package for interacting with the NPPES (National Provider Identifier) Registry API.

Features

• 🔍 NPI Lookup: Look up healthcare providers by NPI number
• 🔎 Advanced Search: Search by name, organization, taxonomy, location
• ✅ Validation: NPI format and checksum validation
• 🚀 Caching: Built-in caching for improved performance
• 📊 Rate Limiting: Automatic API rate limiting
• 🎯 Laravel Integration: Service provider, facade, and console commands
• 🧪 Testing: Comprehensive test suite

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Laravel 10.0+ or 11.0+
• Symfony HTTP Client
• PSR Cache and Log interfaces

Installation

composer require dolmatovdev/nppes

Configuration

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=nppes-config

This will create config/nppes.php with the following options:

• API Settings: Base URL, timeout, rate limits
• Cache Settings: Driver, TTL, prefix
• Logging: Enable/disable, log level
• Validation: Strict mode, checksum validation
• Search: Default limits and pagination

Usage

Basic NPI Lookup

use DolmatovDev\NPPES\Facades\Nppes;

// Look up a provider
$provider = Nppes::lookup('1234567890');

if ($provider) {
    echo "Provider: " . $provider->getFullName();
    echo "Status: " . $provider->status;
    echo "Type: " . ($provider->isIndividual() ? 'Individual' : 'Organization');
}

Search Providers

// Search by name
$results = Nppes::searchByName('John', 'Smith', 'CA');

// Search organization
$results = Nppes::searchOrganization('Mayo Clinic', 'MN');

// Custom search
$results = Nppes::searchByCriteria([
    'first_name' => 'John',
    'last_name' => 'Smith',
    'state' => 'CA',
    'limit' => 20
]);

Validation

// Basic validation
$isValid = Nppes::isValid('1234567890');

// Get validation details
$provider = Nppes::lookup('1234567890');
if ($provider && $provider->isActive()) {
    echo "NPI is valid and active";
}

Console Commands

# Look up an NPI
php artisan nppes:lookup 1234567890 --verbose

# Validate an NPI
php artisan nppes:validate 1234567890 --checksum --api

# Show package version
php artisan nppes:version

Architecture

Services

• NpiLookupService: Main service for NPI operations
• NpiApiClient: Handles HTTP requests to NPPES API
• NpiCacheService: Manages caching of results

DTOs

• NpiProvider: Represents a healthcare provider
• NpiAddress: Provider address information
• NpiTaxonomy: Provider specialty/taxonomy
• NpiSearchRequest: Search criteria
• NpiSearchResponse: Search results

Traits

• HasNpiValidation: Common validation methods

Testing

# Run tests
composer test

# Run with coverage
composer test-coverage

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests
5. Submit a pull request

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Support

For support, please open an issue on GitHub or contact the maintainer.

Author

Danila Dolmatov

• LinkedIn: Danila Dolmatov