MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
NPI 1134433386
Public Health or Welfare in Nashville, TN

NPI Status: Active since July 29, 2010

Contact Information

1818 ALBION ST
DEPT OF OBGYN
NASHVILLE, TN
ZIP 37208
Phone: (615) 327-5547

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Authorized Official
CLIA Information
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Organization
Public Health or Welfare
CLIA Number: 44D2019228
CLIA Cert. Type: Other - CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER
CLIA Exp. Date: 01-24-2027

About MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Meharry Medical College, a provider established in Nashville, Tennessee operating as a Public Health Or Welfare. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1134433386 assigned on July 2010. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 251K00000X with license number 390200000X (TN). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 16 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is Dr. Gwinnett M Ladson Md (Director)

NPI: 1134433386
Provider Name: MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 1818 ALBION ST DEPT OF OBGYN NASHVILLE, TN 37208
Location Phone: (615) 327-5547
Mailing Address: 1818 ALBION ST NASHVILLE, TN 37208
Mailing Phone: (615) 327-5547
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 07-29-2010
Last Update Date: 07-29-2010
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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: Public Health or Welfare
Taxonomy Code: 251K00000X
Type: Agencies
License No.: 390200000X
License State: TN

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: DR. GWINNETT M LADSON MD
Authorized Official Title: DIRECTOR
Authorized Official Phone: (615) 327-5547

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: 44D2019228
Facility Type: Other - CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER
Certificate Effective Date: January 25, 2025
Certificate Expiration Date: January 24, 2027
Laboratory Director: DR. SANFORD BARSKY
Certificate Type: Certificate of Waiver
Certificate Type Description: This CLIA certificate is issued to Meharry Medical College 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.

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 1134433386, we treat the final digit (6) 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 64. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 64 = 6).

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 → 6

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 8

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 6

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

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 3 → 6 4 → 8 3 → 6 8 → 16 → 7

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 1 + 6 + 4 + 8 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 24 = 64

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

The next multiple of ten after 64 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 64 = 6

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 6, which matches the last digit of 1134433386.