1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE
NPI 1366498735
Clinic/Center - Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Pocahontas, AR

NPI Status: Active since May 26, 2006

Contact Information

141 BETTY DR
POCAHONTAS, AR
ZIP 72455
Phone: (870) 892-9949
Fax: (870) 892-0208

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  • Organization
  • Clinic/Center
  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Accepts Insurance
  • CLIA Number: 04D2259859
  • CLIA Cert. Type: Mobile Laboratory
  • CLIA Exp. Date: 01-03-2028

About 1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for 1st Choice Healthcare, a primary care provider established in Pocahontas, Arkansas operating as a Clinic/center, focusing in federally qualified health center (fqhc) . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1366498735 assigned on May 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 261QF0400X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 4 years ago. The provider's is doing business as 1st Choice Healthcare. The authorized official of this NPI record is Debra L Finley (Chief Operating Officer)

NPI
1366498735
Provider Legal Name
1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE INC
Other Organization Name
1ST CHOICE HEALTHCARE
Other Name Type
Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type
Organization
Location Address
141 BETTY DR POCAHONTAS, AR 72455
Location Phone
(870) 892-9949
Location Fax
(870) 892-0208
Mailing Address
PO BOX 83 CORNING, AR 72422
Mailing Phone
(870) 857-3334
Mailing Fax
(870) 892-0208
Is Sole Proprietor?
No
Is Organization Subpart?
Yes
Enumeration Date
05-26-2006
Last Update Date
04-14-2022
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A primary care provider (PCP) like 1st Choice Healthcare sees people with common medical problems. The primary care provider might be a doctor, physician assistant, nurse practitioner or clinic that are usually involved in your long-term care. A PCP might provide preventive care, treat common medical conditions, identify urgent medical problems and refer you to specialists when necessary. Primary care is usually provided in an outpatient facility but if you are admitted to a hospital your PCP may assist in your care. The most common medical conditions seen by primary care providers are: hypertension, upper respiratory tract infections, depression or anxiety, back pain, arthritis, dermatitis, diabetes, urinary tract infections, etc .

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Secondary Locations

  • 141 Betty Dr
    Pocahontas, AR 72455
    (870) 892-9949
  • 141 Betty Dr
    Pocahontas, AR 72455
    (870) 892-9949

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

Clinic/Center Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)

Taxonomy Code
261QF0400X
Type
Ambulatory Health Care Facilities

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

  • Choice Bronze HSA (QualChoice) - POS
  • Complete Gold - PPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Connected Silver - PPO
  • Connected Silver (QualChoice) - POS
  • Connected Silver (QualChoice) + Vision + Adult Dental - POS
  • Connected Silver (QualChoiceLife) - PPO
  • Connected Silver (QualChoiceLife) + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Connected Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Elite Bronze - PPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Elite Gold (QualChoice) - POS
  • Elite Gold (QualChoice) + Vision + Adult Dental - POS
  • Elite Gold (QualChoiceLife) - PPO
  • Elite Gold (QualChoiceLife) + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Everyday Bronze - PPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze - PPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze (QualChoice) - POS
  • Standard Expanded Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Complete Gold - EPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Complete Silver - EPO
  • Complete Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - EPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Gold - EPO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze - EPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Gold - EPO
  • Standard Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Silver - EPO
  • Standard Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Complete Gold - EPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - EPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Gold - EPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Focused Silver - EPO
  • Focused Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze - EPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Gold - EPO
  • Standard Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Silver - EPO
  • Standard Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Choice Bronze HSA - HMO
  • Choice Bronze HSA + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Complete Gold - HMO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Everyday Bronze - HMO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Everyday Gold - HMO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze - HMO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Standard Gold - HMO
  • Standard Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Standard Silver - HMO
  • Standard Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Complete Gold - EPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Gold - EPO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Focused Silver - EPO
  • Focused Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Gold - EPO
  • Standard Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Silver - EPO
  • Standard Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - PPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Elite Gold - PPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Enhanced Asthma/COPD Care Silver with $0 Drug Options - PPO
  • Enhanced Asthma/COPD Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options - PPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Everyday Bronze - PPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Everyday Gold - PPO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Focused Silver - PPO
  • Focused Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze - PPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Standard Gold - PPO
  • Standard Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Standard Silver - PPO
  • Standard Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Elite Bronze - EPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Gold - EPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Gold - EPO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze - EPO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Gold - EPO
  • Standard Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Silver - EPO
  • Standard Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Bronze Exp Standardized - PPO
  • Bronze Value - PPO
  • Catastrophic HSA - PPO
  • Gold Standardized - PPO
  • Gold Value - PPO
  • Silver AH - PPO
  • Silver Standardized - PPO
  • Dental Gold - PPO
  • Dental Gold Plus Vision - PPO
  • Dental Pediatric - PPO
  • Dental Platinum - PPO
  • Dental Platinum Plus Vision - PPO
  • Dental Platinum Premium - PPO
  • Dental Platinum Premium Plus Vision - PPO
  • Dental Silver - PPO
  • HA Bronze Exp Standardized - POS
  • HA Bronze National - POS
  • HA Gold Premier National - POS
  • HA Gold Standardized - POS
  • HA Platinum Premier National - POS
  • HA Platinum Standardized - POS
  • HA Silver AH - POS
  • HA Silver Standardized - POS
  • Octave Bronze Exp Standardized - POS
  • Octave Bronze Value - POS
  • Octave Gold Classic National - POS
  • Octave Gold Standardized - POS
  • Octave Silver AH - POS
  • Octave Silver Standardized - POS

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.

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

DEBRA L FINLEY

Authorized Official Title
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Authorized Official Phone
(870) 857-3334

Additional Identifiers

The NPI Enumerator encourages providers to submit additional identifiers with their NPI application although the submission of this information is optional. The additional identifier(s) section includes other numbers or codes currently or formerly used as an identifier for the provider by other public healthcare entities. The identifiers may include UPIN, NSC, OSCAR, DEA, Medicaid State or PIN identification numbers.

Identifier Type / Code Identifier State Identifier Issuer
5B451OTHER (01)ARAR BCBS PROVIDER NUMBER
139315749MEDICAID (05)AR 
504849605MEDICAID (05)MO 

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
04D2259859
Facility Type
Mobile Laboratory
Certificate Effective Date
January 04, 2026
Certificate Expiration Date
January 03, 2028
Laboratory Director
DR. CARRIE T. HUNTER
Certificate Type
Certificate of Waiver
Certificate Type Description
This CLIA certificate is issued to 1st Choice Healthcare 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.

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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 1366498735, we treat the final digit (5) 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 75. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 75 = 5).

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
1
Doubled → 2
Pos 2
3
Unchanged
Pos 3
6
Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2
Pos 4
6
Unchanged
Pos 5
4
Doubled → 8
Pos 6
9
Unchanged
Pos 7
8
Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6
Pos 8
7
Unchanged
Pos 9
3
Doubled → 6
Check
5
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 6 → 12 → 3 4 → 8 8 → 16 → 7 3 → 6

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 8 + 9 + 1 + 6 + 7 + 6 + 24 = 75

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

The next multiple of ten after 75 is 80. The difference is the calculated check digit.

80 - 75 = 5
This NPI is valid
The calculated check digit is 5, which matches the last digit of 1366498735.

Other Providers at the Same Location


The following 1 provider is registered at the same or a nearby location.

Family Medicine
141 BETTY DR
POCAHONTAS, AR 72455

Frequently Asked Questions

The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1366498735, enumerated as an "organization" on May 26, 2006.

The provider is located at 141 BETTY DR POCAHONTAS, AR 72455 and the phone number is (870) 892-9949.

Clinic/Center with taxonomy code 261QF0400X and a focus in Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).

The provider might be accepting Accepts: Ambetter from Arkansas Health & Wellness, Ambetter. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.