A BETTER WAY ADVOCATE BEHAVIORAL CENTER
NPI 1295314409
Community/Behavioral Health in Orland Park, IL

NPI Status: Active since April 05, 2021

Contact Information

15255 S 94TH AVE STE 500
ORLAND PARK, IL
ZIP 60462
Phone: (470) 584-9003

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Community/Behavioral Health

About A BETTER WAY ADVOCATE BEHAVIORAL CENTER

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for A Better Way Advocate Behavioral Center, a provider established in Orland Park, Illinois operating as a Community/behavioral Health. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1295314409 assigned on April 2021. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 251S00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 5 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is Verneisha Anderson (Owner)

NPI: 1295314409
Provider Name: A BETTER WAY ADVOCATE BEHAVIORAL CENTER
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 15255 S 94TH AVE STE 500 ORLAND PARK, IL 60462
Location Phone: (470) 584-9003
Mailing Address: 15255 S 94TH AVE STE 500 ORLAND PARK, IL 60462
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 04-05-2021
Last Update Date: 04-05-2021
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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: Community/Behavioral Health
Taxonomy Code: 251S00000X
Type: Agencies
Taxonomy Description: A private or public agency usually under local government jurisdiction, responsible for assuring the delivery of community based mental health, intellectual disabilities, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services to individuals with those disabilities. Services may range from companion care, respite, transportation, community integration, crisis intervention and stabilization, supported employment, day support, prevocational services, residential support, therapeutic and supportive consultation, environmental modifications, intensive in-home therapy and day treatment, in addition to traditional mental health and behavioral treatment.

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: VERNEISHA ANDERSON
Authorized Official Title: OWNER
Authorized Official Phone: (708) 297-8234

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 1295314409, we treat the final digit (9) 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 61. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 61 = 9).

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 → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 8

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 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 9 → 18 → 9 3 → 6 4 → 8 0 → 0

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 2 + 1 + 8 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 8 + 4 + 0 + 24 = 61

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

The next multiple of ten after 61 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 61 = 9

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 9, which matches the last digit of 1295314409.