CHAMALEE N WEERATUNGE
NPI 1386899029
Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease in New Braunfels, TX
NPI Status: Active since November 21, 2008
Contact Information
598 N UNION AVE
STE.350
NEW BRAUNFELS, TX
ZIP 78130
Phone: (830) 625-5103
Fax: (512) 828-7984
- Organization
- Internal Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Medicare Quality Reporting
About CHAMALEE N WEERATUNGE
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Chamalee N Weeratunge, an internist established in New Braunfels, Texas operating as a Internal Medicine, focusing in infectious disease . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1386899029 assigned on November 2008. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RI0200X with license number M3110 (TX). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 17 years ago. Chamalee N Weeratunge operates as a Multi-Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, who practice different areas of specialization. The provider's other name is Chamalee N Weeratunge. The authorized official of this NPI record is Chamalee N Weeratunge Md (Physician/owner)
- NPI
- 1386899029
- Provider Legal Name
- CENTRAL TEXAS INFECTIOUS DISEASE PA
- Other Organization Name
- CHAMALEE N WEERATUNGE
- Other Name Type
- Other Name (5)
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 598 N UNION AVE STE.350 NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130
- Location Phone
- (830) 625-5103
- Location Fax
- (512) 828-7984
- Mailing Address
- PO BOX 1090 MANCHACA, TX 78652
- Mailing Phone
- (210) 771-9147
- Mailing Fax
- (512) 828-7984
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 11-21-2008
- Last Update Date
- 01-08-2009
- Code Navigator
An internist like Chamalee N Weeratunge is a physician who has completed an internal medicine residency and is board-certified or board-eligible in an internist specialty. Internists are trained to care for adults of all ages for many different medical conditions. An internist typically monitors chronic physical conditions, identifies acute diseases, provides family planning, provides counseling about wellness and disease prevention, etc.
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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
Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
- Taxonomy Code
- 207RI0200X
- Type
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- License No.
- M3110
- License State
- TX
- Taxonomy Description
- An internist who deals with infectious diseases of all types and in all organ systems. Conditions requiring selective use of antibiotics call for this special skill. This physician often diagnoses and treats AIDS patients and patients with fevers which have not been explained. Infectious disease specialists may also have expertise in preventive medicine and travel medicine.
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.
Insurance Plans Accepted
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Additional Identifiers
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| Identifier | Type / Code | Identifier State | Identifier Issuer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 160734 | MEDICARE UPIN (02) | TX | |
| 182468201 | MEDICAID (05) | TX | |
| 0093NS | OTHER (01) | TX | BCBS |
| P00356308 | OTHER (01) | RR MEDICARE | |
| M3110 | OTHER (01) | TX LICENSE |
Quality Reporting
The provider participated in CMS Quality Payment Program. The Quality Payment Program aims to improve population health, reduce costs and improve the care received by Medicare beneficiaries. The following quality measures meet Medicare's statistical reporting standards. Not all providers report the same information, because not all providers give the same services to patients. The quality information is just a snapshot of some the care providers give to their patients. Reporting more or less information is not a reflection of quality.
| Quality Measure | Performance | Number of Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Advance Care Planning | Yes | N/A |
| Implementation of practices/processes to develop advance care planning that includes: documenting the advance care plan or living will within the medical record, educating clinicians about advance care planning motivating them to address advance care planning needs of their patients, and how these needs can translate into quality improvement, educating clinicians on approaches and barriers to talking to patients about end-of-life and palliative care needs and ways to manage its documentation, as well as informing clinicians of the healthcare policy side of advance care planning. | ||
| Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results | Yes | N/A |
| Timely communication of test results defined as timely identification of abnormal test results with timely follow-up. | ||
| Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop | Yes | N/A |
| Performance of regular practices that include providing specialist reports back to the referring individual MIPS eligible clinician or group to close the referral loop or where the referring individual MIPS eligible clinician or group initiates regular inquiries to specialist for specialist reports which could be documented or noted in the EHR technology. | ||
| Initiate CDC Training on Antibiotic Stewardship | Yes | N/A |
| Completion of greater than 50 percent of the modules of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention antibiotic stewardship course. Note: This activity may be selected once every 4 years, to avoid duplicative information given that some of the modules may change on a year by year basis, but over 4 years there would be a reasonable expectation for the set of modules to have undergone substantive change, for the improvement activities performance category score. | ||
| Integration of patient coaching practices between visits | Yes | N/A |
| Provide coaching between visits with follow-up on care plan and goals. | ||
| Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record | Yes | N/A |
| • Provide 24/7 access to MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, or care teams for advice about urgent and emergent care (e.g., MIPS eligible clinician and care team access to medical record, cross-coverage with access to medical record, or protocol-driven nurse line with access to medical record) that could include one or more of the following: • Expanded hours in evenings and weekends with access to the patient medical record (e.g., coordinate with small practices to provide alternate hour office visits and urgent care); • Use of alternatives to increase access to care team by MIPS eligible clinicians and groups, such as e-visits, phone visits, group visits, home visits and alternate locations (e.g., senior centers and assisted living centers); and/or Provision of same-day or next-day access to a consistent MIPS eligible clinician, group or care team when needed for urgent care or transition management. | ||
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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 1386899029, 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 71. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 71 = 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.
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.
Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant
Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.
Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10
The next multiple of ten after 71 is 80. The difference is the calculated check digit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1386899029, enumerated as an "organization" on November 21, 2008.
The provider is located at 598 N UNION AVE STE.350 NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130 and the phone number is (830) 625-5103.
Internal Medicine with taxonomy code 207RI0200X and a focus in Infectious Disease.
The provider might be accepting Accepts: Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield and. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.
