RAKESH DHAR MD
NPI 1053385708
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Waltham, MA
NPI Status: Active since February 16, 2006
Contact Information
85 FIRST AVE
WALTHAM, MA
ZIP 02451
Phone: (781) 895-7900
Fax: (781) 290-0720
- Individual
- Male
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Medicare Quality Reporting
About RAKESH DHAR
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Rakesh Dhar, a provider established in Waltham, Massachusetts with a medical specialization in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1053385708 assigned on February 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 208100000X with license number 226685 (MA). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 18 years ago.
- NPI
- 1053385708
- Provider Name
- RAKESH DHAR MD
- Gender
- Male
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Location Address
- 85 FIRST AVE WALTHAM, MA 02451
- Location Phone
- (781) 895-7900
- Location Fax
- (781) 290-0720
- Mailing Address
- 85 FIRST AVE WALTHAM, MA 02451
- Mailing Phone
- (781) 895-7900
- Mailing Fax
- (781) 290-0720
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 02-16-2006
- Last Update Date
- 12-03-2008
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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
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Taxonomy Code
- 208100000X
- Type
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- License No.
- 226685
- License State
- MA
- Taxonomy Description
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices.
Quality Reporting
The provider participated in CMS Quality Payment Program. The Quality Payment Program aims to improve population health, reduce costs and improve the care received by Medicare beneficiaries. The following quality measures meet Medicare's statistical reporting standards. Not all providers report the same information, because not all providers give the same services to patients. The quality information is just a snapshot of some the care providers give to their patients. Reporting more or less information is not a reflection of quality.
| Quality Measure | Performance | Number of Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Measurement and Improvement at the Practice and Panel Level | Yes | N/A |
| Measure and improve quality at the practice and panel level, such as the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) Physician Scorecards, that could include one or more of the following: • Regularly review measures of quality, utilization, patient satisfaction and other measures that may be useful at the practice level and at the level of the care team or MIPS eligible clinician or group (panel); and/or • Use relevant data sources to create benchmarks and goals for performance at the practice level and panel level. | ||
| Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols | Yes | N/A |
| Use decision support and standardized treatment protocols to manage workflow in the team to meet patient needs. | ||
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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 1053385708, we treat the final digit (8) 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 52. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 52 = 8).
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.
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.
Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant
Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.
Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10
The next multiple of ten after 52 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.
Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1053385708, enumerated as an "individual" on February 16, 2006.
The provider is located at 85 FIRST AVE WALTHAM, MA 02451 and the phone number is (781) 895-7900.
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation with taxonomy code 208100000X.
