KAREN MICHELE SOWARD PHARMD
NPI 1255613352
Pharmacist - Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Topeka, KS

NPI Status: Active since September 14, 2011

Contact Information

330 SW OAKLEY AVE
TOPEKA, KS
ZIP 66606
Phone: (785) 783-0209
Fax: (785) 235-1979

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About KAREN SOWARD

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Karen Soward, a provider established in Topeka, Kansas with a medical specialization in Pharmacist, focusing in pharmacist clinician (phc)/ clinical pharmacy specialist . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1255613352 assigned on September 2011. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 1835P0018X with license number 113849 (KS). The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 12 years ago.

NPI: 1255613352
Provider Name: KAREN MICHELE SOWARD PHARMD
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 330 SW OAKLEY AVE TOPEKA, KS 66606
Location Phone: (785) 783-0209
Location Fax: (785) 235-1979
Mailing Address: 330 SW OAKLEY AVE TOPEKA, KS 66606
Mailing Phone: (785) 783-0209
Mailing Fax: (785) 235-1979
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 09-14-2011
Last Update Date: 10-02-2014
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A pharmacist like Karen Soward fills prescription medications, verifying instructions from physicians and offers expertise in the safe use of prescriptions. Pharmacists instruct patients on how to take a prescribed medicine and educate patients about potential side effects. Pharmacists might also conduct health and wellness screenings, provide immunizations, oversee the medications given to patients, and provide advice on healthy lifestyles.

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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: Pharmacist Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Taxonomy Code: 1835P0018X
Type: Pharmacy Service Providers
License No.: 113849
License State: KS
Taxonomy Description: Pharmacist Clinician/Clinical Pharmacy Specialist is a pharmacist with additional training and an expanded scope of practice that may include prescriptive authority, therapeutic management, and disease management.

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 1255613352, we treat the final digit (2) 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 48. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (50 - 48 = 2).

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 → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 6

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

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 5 → 10 → 1 6 → 12 → 3 3 → 6 5 → 10 → 1

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 2 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 24 = 48

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

The next multiple of ten after 48 is 50. The difference is the calculated check digit.

50 - 48 = 2

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 2, which matches the last digit of 1255613352.