Character Limitation for Fields on Provider Applications

When completing a provider application, providers may notice that entries in some fields truncate when reaching a certain length of characters. Spaces, letters of the alphabet, numbers and punctuation all count toward a character limit which exists for some fields on provider applications.

Information such as an organization/individual legal name, street address or doing business as (DBA) name may not always fit completely into the applicable field. In these instances, providers should type in the information until the character spaces have been exhausted. For legal names, providers should not abbreviate or use a shortened name. Instead, they should enter the name exactly as it appears on their government-issued documentation until they run out of space.

As always, providers are encouraged to review their entries before submitting to avoid any typos or errors that may cause processing delays.