DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
NPI 1033357645
Chronic Disease Hospital - Children in Corpus Christi, TX

NPI Status: Active since February 04, 2009

Contact Information

3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
ZIP 78411
Phone: (361) 694-5465

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  • Organization
  • Chronic Disease Hospital
  • Children
  • CLIA Number: 45D0957817
  • CLIA Cert. Type: Other - WIC CLINIC
  • CLIA Exp. Date: 03-02-2027

About DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Driscoll Children's Hospital is a hospital serving the Corpus Christi, Texas region. The facility is a chronic disease hospital. The NPI number of this hospital is 1033357645 assigned on February 2009. The hospital's primary taxonomy code is 281PC2000X with license number 520185 (TX). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 2 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is William Dirksen (Vice President Of Medical Education)

NPI
1033357645
Provider Name
DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Entity Type
Organization
Location Address
3533 S ALAMEDA ST CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Location Phone
(361) 694-5465
Mailing Address
3333 S ALAMEDA ST APARTMENT #13P CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Is Sole Proprietor?
No
Is Organization Subpart?
No
Enumeration Date
02-04-2009
Last Update Date
11-19-2024
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According to the Hospital Compare program data, Driscoll Children's Hospital doesn't have an overall quality rating because data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the inpatient quality reporting (iqr) and outpatient quality reporting (oqr) programs. The hospital provides emergency services like acute medical care or trauma care.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification

Chronic Disease Hospital Children

Taxonomy Code
281PC2000X
Type
Hospitals
License No.
520185
License State
TX

Secondary Taxonomies

The provider has reported to the NPI enumerator additional taxonomy codes. Multiple taxonomy codes may represent subspecialties or other areas of specialization the provider maybe licensed to practice.

No. Taxonomy Code Type Classification /
Specialization
License No. (State)
1282NC2000XHospitals

General Acute Care Hospital
Children

520185 (TX)

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name

WILLIAM DIRKSEN

Authorized Official Title
VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION
Authorized Official Phone
(361) 694-5464

Hospital Compare Quality Information

Star ratings information gives patients a useful way to compare local hospitals by highlighting important quality factors like readmissions, mortality, safety of care, patient experience and timely and effective care. The ratings are presented as stars, ranging from 1 to 5. A higher number of stars indicates better performance in each quality aspect.

  • Overall Quality Rating Not Available - Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.

    The overall rating is calculated by taking the weighted average of these group of scores. If a hospital is missing a measure category or group, the weights are redistributed amongst the qualifying measure categories or groups.

  • Hospital Type Childrens - Voluntary non-profit - Private

  • Emergency Services: Yes

    Shows if the hospital provides emergency services like acute medical care or trauma care.

  • Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records:

    Shows if the hospital meets the criteria for promoting interoperability of Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRS).

Hospital Timely and Effective Care Quality Ratings

  • Emergency department volume is not available

    Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022

  • Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations is not available%

    Percentage of healthcare personnel who completed COVID-19 primary vaccination series.
    Evaluation Period: October 2023 - December 2023

  • Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination is not available%

    Percentage of healthcare workers given influenza vaccination.
    Evaluation Period: October 2023 - March 2024

  • Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better is not available minutes

    Average time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit.
    Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

  • Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit- Psychiatric/Mental Health Patients. A lower number of minutes is better is not available minutes

    Average time patients spent in the emergency department before being sent home.
    Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

  • Left before being seen is not available %

    Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
    Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022

  • Head CT results is not available %

    Percentage of patients who came to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes of arrival.
    Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

  • Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients is not available %

    Percentage of patients receiving appropriate recommendation for follow-up screening colonoscopy.
    Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022

  • Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery is not available %

    Percentage of patients who had cataract surgery and had improvement in visual function within 90 days following the surgery.
    Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022

  • Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock is not available %

    Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Sepsis is a complication that happens when a patient has an extreme response to an infection. Higher percentages are better.
    Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

  • Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle is not available %

    Septic Shock 3 Hour.
    Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

  • Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle is not available %

    Severe Sepsis 6 Hour.
    Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

  • Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle is not available

    Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

  • Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle is not available %

    Septic Shock 6 Hour.
    Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

CLIA Information

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 applies to facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. The CLIA Program sets standards for clinical laboratory testing and issues certificates. The NPI / CLIA crosswalk information for this NPI number is:

CLIA Number
45D0957817
Facility Type
Other - WIC CLINIC
Certificate Effective Date
March 03, 2025
Certificate Expiration Date
March 02, 2027
Laboratory Director
KATHRYN S. ALMARAZ
Certificate Type
Certificate of Waiver
Certificate Type Description
This CLIA certificate is issued to Driscoll Children's Hospital to perform only waived tests. CLIA defines waived tests as simple tests with a low risk for an incorrect result. Waived tests include certain tests listed in CLIA regulations, tests cleared by the FDA for home use and tests approved by the FDA for waived status and that meet CLIA waiver criteria.

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NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1033357645, we treat the final digit (5) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 65. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 65 = 5).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1
1
Doubled → 2
Pos 2
0
Unchanged
Pos 3
3
Doubled → 6
Pos 4
3
Unchanged
Pos 5
3
Doubled → 6
Pos 6
5
Unchanged
Pos 7
7
Doubled → 14 → 1 + 4
Pos 8
6
Unchanged
Pos 9
4
Doubled → 8
Check
5
Target digit
Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 3 → 6 3 → 6 7 → 14 → 5 4 → 8

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 0 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 24 = 65

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 65 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 65 = 5
This NPI is valid
The calculated check digit is 5, which matches the last digit of 1033357645.

Other Providers at the Same Location


The following 20 providers are registered at the same or a nearby location.

Anesthesiology
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics
3533 S ALAMEDA ST, #303, JOSEPH M. SLOAN BLDG.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics
3533 S ALAMEDA ST, #303 JOSEPH M. SLOAN BLDG.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Nurse Practitioner
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics (Pediatric Gastroenterology)
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics (Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics)
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics (Pediatric Nephrology)
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Anesthesiology
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Anesthesiology
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Anesthesiology
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Anesthesiology
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Anesthesiology
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Surgery (Pediatric Surgery)
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Plastic Surgery
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
3533 S ALAMEDA ST, NEONATOLOGY OFFICE, 3RD FLOOR
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Pediatrics
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Surgery (Pediatric Surgery)
3533 S ALAMEDA ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411

Frequently Asked Questions

The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1033357645, enumerated as an "organization" on February 04, 2009.

The provider is located at 3533 S ALAMEDA ST CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411 and the phone number is (361) 694-5465.

Chronic Disease Hospital with taxonomy code 281PC2000X and a focus in Children.