To View/Change a Specialty in the Grid:

• Click the Edit icon in the Action column to make changes to the Specialties in the grid

• Click the Discard button if you do not wish to complete the Specialty Type you are entering

• Click the Remove icon in the Action column to delete a Specialty Type from the grid

If the Add button is not showing on screen, then only 1 Speciality Type is available for the selected Provider Type.

To Add a Specialty:

• Click Add

• Click the Specialty Type drop-down and select the specialty type

• • Provider Types with only one specialty will default and cannot be edited

  • General Practitioner’s primary indicator is set by default and cannot be edited

• Check the Primary box if this is the primary license. (Only one primary specialty allowed)

• Enter Effective Date

• • Type the date into the field or select from the calendar. (Effective Date cannot be greater than one previous year)

  • For default specialty this date is disabled and cannot be edited

• Enter the Expiration Date

• • Type the date into the field or select from the calendar

End Date:

In KY MPPA, some records cannot be deleted. To add a new record, the previous record must have an End Date added in order to keep the history on file. To add an End Date to a record, click the "Edit" button and add an End Date. If a new record is added to the grid, the active dates of the new record cannot overlap existing record dates.

Required Fields:

• Please note that all fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required fields that must be populated in order to move forward. If they are left blank you will receive an error message

Special Characters:

• The following Special Characters cannot be used in the situations below. Field properties will not allow the following characters in the box:

 For First Name, Business Name, Other name (if any):    | + \ '

 For Last Name field:    | + \ ', and numbers are not allowed

 For Comment Boxes:     <  >  ^  ~ ` + | \ / ¬ £

 For Address fields:    | + ! @ # $ ^ * ( ) ? / \ " < > & : ; _

• If you copy and paste an excluded special character, an error message will display after clicking Save & Next

• Remove excluded characters from pasted information or uploaded text in the document

Save & Next:

• When finished, click Save & Next to save the information and proceed to the next page

• Click Back to go to the previous screen without saving

• Click Exit to return to the dashboard without saving

• Note that if the information is not saved, you will lose the data on the current page