PAUL WIEDERHOLD
NPI 1245651348
Foster Care Agency in Spanish Fork, UT

NPI Status: Active since December 17, 2013

Contact Information

704 N STATE ROAD 51
SPANISH FORK, UT
ZIP 84660
Phone: (801) 794-0318

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Individual
Male
Foster Care Agency

About PAUL WIEDERHOLD

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Paul Wiederhold, a provider established in Spanish Fork, Utah with a medical specialization in Foster Care Agency. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1245651348 assigned on December 2013. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 253J00000X with license number 19734 (UT). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 13 years ago.

NPI: 1245651348
Provider Name: PAUL WIEDERHOLD
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 704 N STATE ROAD 51 SPANISH FORK, UT 84660
Location Phone: (801) 794-0318
Mailing Address: 704 N STATE ROAD 51 SPANISH FORK, UT 84660
Mailing Phone: (801) 794-0318
Is Sole Proprietor?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 12-17-2013
Last Update Date: 12-17-2013
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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: Foster Care Agency
Taxonomy Code: 253J00000X
Type: Agencies
License No.: 19734
License State: UT
Taxonomy Description: A Foster Care Agency is an agency that provides foster care as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as 24-hour substitute care for children outside their own homes. Foster care settings include, but are not limited to, nonrelative foster family homes, relative foster homes (whether payments are being made or not), group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, and pre-adoptive homes.

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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 1245651348, 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 62. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 62 = 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 → 8

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 2

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 8

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 4 → 8 6 → 12 → 3 1 → 2 4 → 8

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 2 + 8 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 8 + 24 = 62

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

The next multiple of ten after 62 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 62 = 8

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 8, which matches the last digit of 1245651348.