# CMS Open Payments NPI lookup example

**Use case:** 

Retrieve official CMS General Payment Data for one National Provider Identifier and export typed transaction rows to a dataset.

## Input

```json
{
  "physicianName": "Robert Durick",
  "npi": "1659344299",
  "maxItems": 5
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "programYear": {
    "label": "Year",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "recipientName": {
    "label": "Recipient",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "recipientNpi": {
    "label": "NPI",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "manufacturerName": {
    "label": "Manufacturer",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "amountUsd": {
    "label": "Amount (USD)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "paymentDate": {
    "label": "Payment date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "natureOfPayment": {
    "label": "Nature",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "recipientState": {
    "label": "State",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "productName": {
    "label": "Product",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "recordId": {
    "label": "Record ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "CMS source",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

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