{
  "name": "How alternate names change organization NPI matching",
  "description": "Analyze alternate-name coverage in 27,965 organization NPI records across 13 legal names. Download counts, matching examples and reproducible methods.",
  "source_snapshot": "September 2026 NPPES extracts retained in the existing 13 organization profiles; no new national extraction.",
  "analysis_date": "2026-10-29",
  "age_anchor": "2026-10-01",
  "grain": "legal organization",
  "rows": [
    {
      "organization": "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION",
      "npi_records": 1917,
      "with_other_names": 1544,
      "other_name_pct": 80.54,
      "distinct_other_names": 1533
    },
    {
      "organization": "CVS PHARMACY INC",
      "npi_records": 1234,
      "with_other_names": 1211,
      "other_name_pct": 98.14,
      "distinct_other_names": 1128
    },
    {
      "organization": "GENOA HEALTHCARE LLC",
      "npi_records": 831,
      "with_other_names": 48,
      "other_name_pct": 5.78,
      "distinct_other_names": 7
    },
    {
      "organization": "LUXOTTICA OF AMERICA INC",
      "npi_records": 1855,
      "with_other_names": 1851,
      "other_name_pct": 99.78,
      "distinct_other_names": 2129
    },
    {
      "organization": "NATIONAL VISION INC",
      "npi_records": 1283,
      "with_other_names": 957,
      "other_name_pct": 74.59,
      "distinct_other_names": 35
    },
    {
      "organization": "NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION",
      "npi_records": 61,
      "with_other_names": 53,
      "other_name_pct": 86.89,
      "distinct_other_names": 48
    },
    {
      "organization": "NOVANT HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, LLC",
      "npi_records": 546,
      "with_other_names": 523,
      "other_name_pct": 95.79,
      "distinct_other_names": 364
    },
    {
      "organization": "PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS INC",
      "npi_records": 1167,
      "with_other_names": 1157,
      "other_name_pct": 99.14,
      "distinct_other_names": 1160
    },
    {
      "organization": "TOTAL RENAL CARE INC",
      "npi_records": 967,
      "with_other_names": 957,
      "other_name_pct": 98.97,
      "distinct_other_names": 948
    },
    {
      "organization": "WALGREEN CO",
      "npi_records": 11140,
      "with_other_names": 11081,
      "other_name_pct": 99.47,
      "distinct_other_names": 10509
    },
    {
      "organization": "WALMART INC.",
      "npi_records": 1390,
      "with_other_names": 1113,
      "other_name_pct": 80.07,
      "distinct_other_names": 1057
    },
    {
      "organization": "WAL-MART STORES EAST LP",
      "npi_records": 4751,
      "with_other_names": 4692,
      "other_name_pct": 98.76,
      "distinct_other_names": 4578
    },
    {
      "organization": "WAL-MART STORES, INC",
      "npi_records": 823,
      "with_other_names": 810,
      "other_name_pct": 98.42,
      "distinct_other_names": 814
    }
  ],
  "columns": [
    "organization",
    "npi_records",
    "with_other_names",
    "other_name_pct",
    "distinct_other_names"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}