Arkansas Medicaid Provider List, Arkansas State Licensed Healthcare Practitioner List (Alaska State Medical Board)

Kamran Ahmed filed this request with the Alaska State Medical Board of Alaska.
Multi Request Arkansas Medicaid Provider List, Arkansas State Licensed Healthcare Practitioner List
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From: Kamran Ahmed

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Alaska Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records that include an updated list of all Arkansas State Medicaid healthcare providers and ALL Arkansas state licensed healthcare providers in electronic data set (either CSV, excel or PDF electronic format) to include Physicians (MD, DO), Physician Assistants, Nurses, CRNA, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Dentists, Podiatrists, Dental Assistants, Chiropractors, Physical Therapists, Optometrists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Family therapists, Psychologists and so on. All types of practitioners from all dates electronically available would be appreciated. Specific items to be included in data set:

1. Provider name
2. National Provider Identification (NPI) number
3. Arkansas State Healthcare License number and initial date of issuance or expiry (if available/applicable)
4. Education / School/Training, if available
5. Provider type (MD, DO, PA, RN, PT, OT, OD, CRNA, DMD, DDS, DPM etc)
6. Specialty
7. Practice Location

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please email me if the cost will exceed $50. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s healthcare transparency, fairness and public awareness.
The law requires that you respond to and fulfill this request "as promptly as possible." If you expect a significant delay in responding to and fulfilling this request, please contact me by phone or via email with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.
Thank you for considering my request.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Kamran Ahmed

From: Alaska State Medical Board

To whom it may concern,

This request is confusing. Are we to assume you want this information for Alaska and not Arkansas?

Please clarify.
Thank you.

Natalie Norberg
Executive Administrator
Alaska State Medical Board
Natalie.norberg@alaska.gov

From: Alaska State Medical Board

To whom it may concern,

This request is confusing. Are we to assume you want this information for Alaska and not Arkansas?

Please clarify.
Thank you.

Natalie Norberg
Executive Administrator
Alaska State Medical Board
Natalie.norberg@alaska.gov

From: Kamran Ahmed

Hello Natalie,

Thank you for your message for clarification. You are quite correct, I am requesting ALASKA MEDICAID provider list WITH INCLUSION of the respective NPI numbers.
Provider First Name
Provider Last Name
Provider Organization Name
Provider NPI
State License number
Provider Specialty
Provider Type
Provider Address including city, state and zip code

From: Alaska State Medical Board

Dear Kamran Ahmed:

I am in receipt of your follow-up email to Natalie Norberg and to me on August 28, 2021, with clarification, following up with your email to the Alaska State Medical Board on June 29, 2021, and which was responded to on June 30, 2021. In your latest email, you asked for the following:

I am requesting ALASKA MEDICAID provider list WITH INCLUSION of the respective NPI numbers.
Provider First Name
Provider Last Name
Provider Organization Name
Provider NPI
State License number
Provider Specialty
Provider Type
Provider Address including city, state and zip code
As stated in my response to you on June 30, 2021, this division (and the Alaska State Medical Board) does not have a list of Medicaid Providers, nor does it have a list that includes a National Provider Identification (NPI) number, organization name, or specialty. Also as previously stated, the division (and the Alaska State Medical Board) is not required to create such a list in response to an APRA request. Therefore, your request for the information not contained in the list that is available online to the public was denied in accordance with AS 40.25.120 and 2 AAC 96.210(b) and (c).

My previous email directed you to https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/CBP/Main where you can find a download in Excel format of the professional licenses regulated by this dicision which includes names, license types and numbers, license status, and addresses.

Lastly, you may contact the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to inquire what information they have that is publicly available responsive to your request. The link is http://dhss.alaska.gov/pages/default.aspx.

Best regards,

Marilyn Zimmerman, RP
Paralegal II
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
PO Box 110806
Juneau, AK 99811-0806
Phone: (907) 465-1673
marilyn.zimmerman@alaska.gov<mailto:marilyn.zimmerman@alaska.gov>
Fax: (907) 465-2974
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