DR. AUDRA H BLUM M.D.
NPI 1124263843
Obstetrics & Gynecology in Washington, DC
NPI Status: Active since December 09, 2008
Contact Information
2041 GEORGIA AVE NW
TOWERS BUILDING 1700-C
WASHINGTON, DC
ZIP 20060
Phone: (202) 865-4164
- Individual
- Female
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Medicare Quality Reporting
About AUDRA BLUM
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Audra Blum, a women's health care provider established in Washington, District Of Columbia with a medical specialization in Obstetrics & Gynecology. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1124263843 assigned on December 2008. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207V00000X with license number MD040129 (DC). The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 13 years ago.
- NPI
- 1124263843
- Provider Name
- DR. AUDRA H BLUM M.D.
- Other Name
- DR. AUDRA L HARRIS M.D.
- Other Name Type
- Former Name (1)
- Gender
- Female
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Location Address
- 2041 GEORGIA AVE NW TOWERS BUILDING 1700-C WASHINGTON, DC 20060
- Location Phone
- (202) 865-4164
- Mailing Address
- 2041 GEORGIA AVE NW TOWERS BUILDING 1700-C WASHINGTON, DC 20060
- Mailing Phone
- (202) 865-4164
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 12-09-2008
- Last Update Date
- 02-25-2013
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Women's health care providers like Audra Blum treat and diagnose diseases and conditions that affect a woman's physical and emotional health. Women's health professionals come from a variety of different specialties, including obstetrician/gynecologists, general surgeons, perinatologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners or nurse midwives. A women's health provider might help you with family planning, breast care, pregnancy and child birth, osteoporosis, menopause, heart disease, etc.
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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
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Taxonomy Code
- 207V00000X
- Type
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- License No.
- MD040129
- License State
- DC
- Taxonomy Description
- An obstetrician/gynecologist possesses special knowledge, skills and professional capability in the medical and surgical care of the female reproductive system and associated disorders. This physician serves as a consultant to other physicians and as a primary physician for women.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 207V00000X | Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians | Obstetrics & Gynecology | A98726 (CA) |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chronic Care and Preventative Care Management for Empaneled Patients | Yes | N/A |
| Proactively manage chronic and preventive care for empaneled patients that could include one or more of the following: • Provide patients annually with an opportunity for development and/or adjustment of an individualized plan of care as appropriate to age and health status, including health risk appraisal; gender, age and condition-specific preventive care services; and plan of care for chronic conditions; • Use condition-specific pathways for care of chronic conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, depression, asthma and heart failure) with evidence-based protocols to guide treatment to target; such as a CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program; • Use pre-visit planning to optimize preventive care and team management of patients with chronic conditions; • Use panel support tools (registry functionality) to identify services due; • Use predictive analytical models to predict risk, onset and progression of chronic diseases; or • Use reminders and outreach (e.g., phone calls, emails, postcards, patient portals and community health workers where available) to alert and educate patients about services due; and/or routine medication reconciliation. | ||
| Implementation of medication management practice improvements | Yes | N/A |
| Manage medications to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and safety that could include one or more of the following: Reconcile and coordinate medications and provide medication management across transitions of care settings and eligible clinicians or groups; Integrate a pharmacist into the care team; and/or Conduct periodic, structured medication reviews. | ||
| 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 1124263843, we treat the final digit (3) 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 67. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 67 = 3).
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 67 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1124263843, enumerated as an "individual" on December 09, 2008.
The provider is located at 2041 GEORGIA AVE NW TOWERS BUILDING 1700-C WASHINGTON, DC 20060 and the phone number is (202) 865-4164.
Obstetrics & Gynecology with taxonomy code 207V00000X.
