How to Use MRI CON Assist: Find, Verify, and Copy Michigan MRI CON Provider Codes
Two independent MRI workflow tools. For provider codes, start with MRI CON Assist.
You are working at an MRI console when you need the referring or ordering provider’s license value for Michigan MRI Certificate of Need reporting. The name may be common, the license may use a different format, and the profession matters. One wrong match can turn a ten-second lookup into a scavenger hunt.
That narrow problem is why we built MRI CON Assist.
The app supports one careful workflow: search, review every plausible match, select the right provider, inspect the source license, generate the configured 10-character value, and copy it. Nothing more. No mini-RIS hiding behind a cheerful button.
What the App Does Today
MRI CON Assist is public and searchable. Its current provider list comes from Michigan LARA MiPLUS license-list exports downloaded September 23, 2026. It includes 86,343 records across seven supported professions: medical doctors, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, dentists, podiatrists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.
This is a dated export, not a live licensing check. The badge gives the snapshot date, and the detail screen says individual licenses have not been freshly verified. Check current licensing information and MRI CON instructions before submitting. You can use the app to test the interface, search behavior, duplicate-name safeguards, profession rules, recent-provider list, favorites, and copy function. The downloaded report is a starting point for verification, not proof of a current license.
The remaining data gap is a confirmed link between physician assistants or nurse practitioners and doctors associated with their practices. The license lists do not supply that relationship, so the app does not invent one. The next phase is building a dependable official refresh path for Michigan licensing data and confirmed MRI CON formatting requirements. Its data source can change without rebuilding the front end.
Step 1: Open MRI CON Assist
Open MRI CON Assist in your browser. The app is mobile-first, so it works on a phone, tablet, or workstation browser. The first screen puts the lookup tool at the top instead of making you scroll through a sales pitch before doing your job.
You will see a Search provider or practice physician field and a Search Providers button. The LARA SNAPSHOT badge identifies when the current list was downloaded.
The app does not request patient names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, accession numbers, diagnoses, insurance, histories, addresses, or MRI images. It is limited to the referring or ordering healthcare professional.
Step 2: Search for the Referring Provider
Type all or part of the provider’s name into the search box. The search is designed to accept several common patterns, including:
- Smith
- John Smith
- Smith John
- John A. Smith
- Smith MD
- Smith Battle Creek
The search ignores capitalization and common punctuation. A period after a middle initial should not start a philosophical disagreement with the computer.
If the name alone produces too many results, open Optional filters. You can narrow the list by profession, city, or ZIP code. These filters are especially useful when several licensed professionals share a last name or when a provider practices in more than one part of Michigan.
Step 3: Review Every Plausible Match
Each search-result card gives you the information needed to slow down for a few seconds and make the correct selection:
- Full provider name and credentials
- Profession
- City and state
- Raw license number
- License status
- Data source
- Verification label and snapshot date
When several providers match, the app displays the message: Multiple providers found. Verify profession and location before selecting a provider.
A familiar-looking name is not enough. Two professionals with the same surname in different cities are not interchangeable simply because they appeared together.
Select the appropriate provider only after comparing the available details with the ordering information you already have.
Step 4: Audit the Provider Detail Screen
The provider detail screen keeps the source information and the generated reporting value separate. This matters because the app should never quietly rewrite the original license number and then pretend that the new value came directly from the source.
On the left side of the screen, review:
- Provider name and credentials
- Profession
- Raw Michigan license number
- License status
- Location
- Data source
- Last verified information
- Profession prefix, when a configured rule exists
The Verify Official License link opens the Michigan licensing area; it does not prove that a particular license is current. Search the official source for that individual and review the current status yourself.
The right side displays the Michigan MRI CON Value. It shows the generated code in a large monospaced field, along with the raw license number and profession prefix used to create it. You can therefore see both the original input and the generated result instead of trusting a mysterious string of digits that appeared from nowhere.
Step 5: Understand the Profession Prefix
The formatting engine supports these five configurable physician or related profession identifiers:
- 2301 — Chiropractor
- 2901 — Dentist
- 4301 — Medical Doctor or MD
- 5101 — Osteopathic Physician or DO
- 5901 — Podiatrist
LARA's export generally includes the full 10-digit Michigan license value. For one of these professions, the app checks the profession prefix and retains the original value; it does not prepend a second prefix. A locally imported six-digit suffix can be combined with the configured prefix, but a local import remains unverified for reporting.
Physician assistants and nurse practitioners use a separate configured method: their own license value is right-justified with zeros to ten characters when the rule applies. A practice physician is never substituted automatically. If a profession or source value cannot be safely formatted, the app displays Verification Required instead of inventing digits.
Step 6: Read the Validation Message Before Copying
Before a code can be treated as ready, the app checks whether a provider was selected, a profession is present, a raw license number exists, a formatting rule is available, the generated value has the expected length, and the license status is active when that status is available.
If the license is inactive, the copy action is disabled. If the license is missing, the app does not fill in the blank. If the profession is unknown, the app does not make an educated guess and hope nobody notices.
Even for an active record with a ten-character value, the detail screen says Verification Required because a downloaded list cannot prove today's status. Before copying, the app asks you to confirm that you checked the current license and reporting value against official Michigan sources.
One unusual physician assistant license in the downloaded data is longer than ten digits. The app flags it for review instead of silently cutting characters off. Locally imported or edited records are marked unverified and cannot be copied as reporting-ready values.
Step 7: Copy the CON Code
After official verification, press Copy CON Code. The app places the displayed value on your clipboard and briefly confirms Copied.
You can then paste the value into the appropriate reporting field. Before submitting anything to the State, compare the provider information and generated value against the current official Michigan licensing and MRI CON requirements.
The copy button removes retyping. It does not remove professional judgment.
Using Recent Providers and Favorites
MRI departments often see the same referring providers repeatedly. MRI CON Assist includes two device-local shortcuts to keep those routine lookups from becoming routine typing exercises.
Recent Providers
When you select a provider, the app adds that record to the Recent section. Recent selections are stored in the browser on that device. They are not a shared hospital list, and they do not follow you automatically to another workstation.
Favorites
Select the star beside a provider to add that person to Favorites. This creates a quick list of commonly used referring professionals. From Recent or Favorites, you can reopen the details or copy a format-valid active code after the same official-verification prompt.
Neither feature stores patient information. It remembers only the selected provider record.
What the Local Admin Tools Do
The app includes session-only data tools behind a visible demo lock. You can import provider records from CSV or JSON, export the current table, review duplicate profession-and-license combinations, edit a limited set of raw values and statuses, and adjust profession rules on your device.
This is not secure shared administration. Imports and provider edits affect only the current browser session, while local rule changes stay on that device. The visible demo lock is not production-grade authentication. A facility deployment would need proper identity controls, managed updates, audit expectations, and a scheduled source-refresh process.
What MRI CON Assist Does Not Do
MRI CON Assist is deliberately narrow. It does not schedule examinations, track patients, store MRI protocols, replace RIS or PACS, document contrast, manage billing, verify insurance, collect medical histories, or receive images.
That limitation is not a missing feature. It is the product boundary.
The app solves one problem: finding and formatting the referring or ordering licensed healthcare professional value needed for Michigan MRI CON reporting.
Try the Workflow and Help Shape the Next Version
Open MRI CON Assist, search for a provider you already know, and narrow common names by profession and city. Compare the raw and formatted values. Follow the official licensing link to check current status before copying.
Then try it as you would during a shift: use a phone-sized screen, open the filters, favorite a provider, and test how quickly you can return to that record. Notice where the process feels fast and where it still asks too much.
The next serious step is a dependable official refresh path and a trustworthy way to confirm practice relationships when those matter. For now, the tool makes the search faster while leaving verification where it belongs: with current official information and the technologist's judgment.
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Disclaimer: MRI CON Assist is an independent workflow tool and is not affiliated with the State of Michigan. Users should verify provider information and reporting values against current official Michigan licensing and MRI CON requirements before submission.
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