Retain

The retainReasons object within recommendedActions lists the data elements that you can leave as is. For example, the following retainReasons object indicates that you do not need to change Entity Type, Gender, Location Phone, NPI, Practicing at Office, Provider Languages, Provider Licenses, or TIN for the Provider:

"retainReasons": [ 
   "EntityType", 
   "Gender", 
   "LocationPhone", 
   "NPI", 
   "PracticingAtOffice", 
   "ProviderLanguages", 
   "ProviderLicenses", 
   "TIN" 
]  

Quest recommends that you retain data elements without change when it determines that the data elements are valid. For example, consider EntityType. Examining the entityType element for the Provider reveals that the outcome of the inspection is Valid, based on data found at NppesTruth:

entityType": { 
   "sourceValue": "Individual", 
   "standardizedValue": null, 
   "verifiedValues": [ 
      { 
         "value": "Individual", 
         "outcome": "Valid", 
         "source": "NppesTruth", 
         "date": "2022-08-22T18:10:56.872Z" 
      } 
   ] 
}