HOUSTON INTERNAL MEDICINE GROUP PLLC
NPI 1245746494
Hospitalist in Cypress, TX

NPI Status: Active since December 26, 2017

Contact Information

21214 NORTHWEST FWY
CYPRESS, TX
ZIP 77429
Phone: (713) 210-9529

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Secondary Taxonomies
Group Taxonomy
Secondary Locations
Authorized Official
CLIA Information
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Hospitalist
CLIA Number: 45D1024784
CLIA Cert. Type: Physician Office
CLIA Exp. Date: 04-20-2026

About HOUSTON INTERNAL MEDICINE GROUP PLLC

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Houston Internal Medicine Group Pllc, a provider established in Cypress, Texas operating as a Hospitalist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1245746494 assigned on December 2017. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 208M00000X with license number N5360 (TX). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 8 years ago. Houston Internal Medicine Group Pllc operates as a Multi-Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, who practice different areas of specialization. The authorized official of this NPI record is Renee Marie Rice Do (President)

NPI: 1245746494
Provider Name: HOUSTON INTERNAL MEDICINE GROUP PLLC
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 21214 NORTHWEST FWY CYPRESS, TX 77429
Location Phone: (713) 210-9529
Mailing Address: 337 GARDEN OAKS BLVD # 91482 HOUSTON, TX 77018
Mailing Phone: (713) 210-9529
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 12-26-2017
Last Update Date: 03-17-2018
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Secondary Locations

11297 Fallbrook Dr
Houston, TX 77065
(713) 210-9529
13031 Wortham Center Dr
Houston, TX 77065
(713) 210-9529

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
License No.: N5360
License State: TX
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.

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	207R00000X	Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians	Internal Medicine	N5360 (TX)

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.

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: RENEE MARIE RICE DO
Authorized Official Title: PRESIDENT
Authorized Official Phone: (713) 210-9529

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: 45D1024784
Facility Type: Physician Office
Certificate Effective Date: April 21, 2024
Certificate Expiration Date: April 20, 2026
Laboratory Director: CYRIL B. TAWA
Certificate Type: Certificate of Waiver
Certificate Type Description: This CLIA certificate is issued to Houston Internal Medicine Group Pllc 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 1245746494, we treat the final digit (4) 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 66. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 66 = 4).

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 → 14 → 1 + 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 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 7 → 14 → 5 6 → 12 → 3 9 → 18 → 9