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What is a CMS Certification Number (CCN)?

What is a CMS Certification Number (CCN)?

A CMS Certification Number, or CCN, is the facility identifier used in the Provider of Services file and compatible CMS facility datasets. It supports exact record lookup and joins across sources that publish the same key. A CCN identifies a source record; it does not by itself establish current accreditation, service quality, or eligibility.

Published
2026-07-20
Retrieved
Not reported
Snapshot
sha256:e32044520c0cce9469548e74e0cc44bbb97e1ae248beb380e6345f5a38aa9c5a
Data as of
2026-05-07

Source artifact receipts

Each receipt below describes its exact retained artifact or live source. Dates and digests never cross artifact boundaries.

Provider of Services File

Evidence publisher: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Source date: 2026-05-07.

Published
Not reported
Retrieved
Not reported
Snapshot
Not retained for this live source artifact
Data as of
2026-05-07

No captured bytes are represented; use the live publisher link to re-check this source.

Scope and material limitation

What this answer covers

This answer describes CCN as a CMS facility key. Formats vary for some facility types, so the identifier must be preserved as source text rather than inferred from a name.

Dated source facts

What the cited record says

Source-snapshot manifest receipt

Reproducible lineage, explicitly unsigned

This receipt attests the source snapshot manifest, not any individual fact.

The answer-series chain record is unsigned. It does not authenticate a person, organization, eligibility state, or individual fact.

Snapshot manifest SHA-256
9919c6393df6df061315d248fb036510a7922db0aa7a8503c5679c5a6337ebae
Previous chain SHA-256
173843baa55de7d4135feca8645cf2e8b113c1cbdac0dea2616980d63b463701
Current chain SHA-256
3ba4bf425dcf9e76623512aa14272cc66bc99c66080648c677c417bd85771f99
signature_linked_facts
0
Answer-series chain status
unsigned

Primary-source chain

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  1. Provider of Services FileCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)Snapshot:

    Limitation: The dated POS snapshot is a facility-identity source keyed by CCN. It does not by itself establish current accreditation, service quality, or eligibility.

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Methodology and limitations

How to interpret this answer

Methodology version: citation-answer/v1

  • Facility identity is not converted into a quality or accreditation claim.
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Frequently asked questions

Questions about this answer

Is a CCN the same as an NPI?
No. A CCN identifies a CMS-certified facility record, while an NPI enumerates an individual or organizational health care provider.

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What’s on file, by the numbers

Platform snapshot · 2026-08-23

13.4Mproviders & companiesProviders, organizations, owners, and facilities on file
26.2Msource-linked factsSource-linked field facts in the dated platform snapshot
90sources with dataDistinct snapshot source IDs with at least one positive record count
70fresh sourcesDistinct source IDs whose latest positive-data snapshot falls within the preceding 45 days
111sources integratedActive registry rows; integration does not establish a load
13state Medicaid jurisdictionsDistinct states represented in the state-exclusions serving table

Integrated, with-data, and fresh-observation counts are separate. No platform-wide source-completeness count is published. Completeness is source-specific and must be evaluated against the named source's expected scope. State coverage is a separate jurisdiction measure.

Source authority is record-specific

Use the issuer named on the record.

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Reproducible by design

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Source and date

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Available derivation

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Daily observations

Dated table row-count observations can detect local drift. They do not imply that an upstream publisher released or Fonteum ingested new data that day.

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