RACHEL GASKINS
NPI 1386288397
Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies in Greenbelt, MD

NPI Status: Active since November 01, 2019

Contact Information

7323 HANOVER PKWY STE A
GREENBELT, MD
ZIP 20770
Phone: (202) 285-6268

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About RACHEL GASKINS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Rachel Gaskins, a provider established in Greenbelt, Maryland with a medical specialization in Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1386288397 assigned on November 2019. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 332B00000X. The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 7 years ago.

NPI: 1386288397
Provider Name: RACHEL GASKINS
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 7323 HANOVER PKWY STE A GREENBELT, MD 20770
Location Phone: (202) 285-6268
Mailing Address: PO BOX 1165 GREENBELT, MD 20768
Is Sole Proprietor?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 11-01-2019
Last Update Date: 11-01-2019
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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: Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
Taxonomy Code: 332B00000X
Type: Suppliers
Taxonomy Description: A supplier of medical equipment such as respirators, wheelchairs, home dialysis systems, or monitoring systems, that are prescribed by a physician for a patient's use in the home and that are usable for an extended period of time.

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 1386288397, we treat the final digit (7) 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 73. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 73 = 7).

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 → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

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 8 → 16 → 7 2 → 4 8 → 16 → 7 9 → 18 → 9

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 6 + 4 + 8 + 1 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 8 + 24 = 73

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

The next multiple of ten after 73 is 80. The difference is the calculated check digit.

80 - 73 = 7

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 7, which matches the last digit of 1386288397.