DCH PEDIATRIC HOSPITALISTS
NPI 1104117068
Hospitalist in Tuscaloosa, AL

NPI Status: Active since April 27, 2011

Contact Information

809 UNIVERSITY BLVD E
TUSCALOOSA, AL
ZIP 35401
Phone: (205) 333-4655
Fax: (205) 333-4660

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Insurance Plans Accepted
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Hospitalist

About DCH PEDIATRIC HOSPITALISTS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Dch Pediatric Hospitalists, a provider established in Tuscaloosa, Alabama operating as a Hospitalist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1104117068 assigned on April 2011. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 208M00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 5 years ago. Dch Pediatric Hospitalists operates as a Multi-Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, who practice different areas of specialization. The provider's is doing business as Dch Pediatric Hospitalists. The authorized official of this NPI record is Daniel Clay Conville (Director, Physician Services)

NPI: 1104117068
Provider Legal Name: DCH PROVIDER SERVICES, LLC
Other Organization Name: DCH PEDIATRIC HOSPITALISTS
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 809 UNIVERSITY BLVD E TUSCALOOSA, AL 35401
Location Phone: (205) 333-4655
Location Fax: (205) 333-4660
Mailing Address: 1110 DR EDWARD HILLARD DR STE A TUSCALOOSA, AL 35401
Mailing Phone: (205) 333-4661
Mailing Fax: (205) 333-4660
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 04-27-2011
Last Update Date: 01-13-2021
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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: Hospitalist
Taxonomy Code: 208M00000X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their activities include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to Hospital Medicine. The term 'hospitalist' refers to physicians whose practice emphasizes providing care for hospitalized patients.

Group Taxonomy 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP

This provider is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, who practice with different areas of specialization.

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

Medicare

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

Medicaid

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.

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: DANIEL CLAY CONVILLE
Authorized Official Title: DIRECTOR, PHYSICIAN SERVICES
Authorized Official Phone: (205) 759-6165

Additional Identifiers

The NPI Enumerator encourages providers to submit additional identifiers with their NPI application although the submission of this information is optional. The additional identifier(s) section includes other numbers or codes currently or formerly used as an identifier for the provider by other public healthcare entities. The identifiers may include UPIN, NSC, OSCAR, DEA, Medicaid State or PIN identification numbers.

Identifier	Type / Code	Identifier State	Identifier Issuer
127803	MEDICAID (05)	AL

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 1104117068, 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 42. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (50 - 42 = 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.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 2

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 14 → 1 + 4

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Check

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 0 → 0 1 → 2 7 → 14 → 5 6 → 12 → 3

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 42

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

The next multiple of ten after 42 is 50. The difference is the calculated check digit.

50 - 42 = 8

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 8, which matches the last digit of 1104117068.