STEVE ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ B.S. PHARM
NPI 1386985752
Pharmacist - Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Edinburg, TX

NPI Status: Active since March 11, 2013

Contact Information

5501 S MCCOLL RD
ATTN: PHARMACY DEPARTMENT
EDINBURG, TX
ZIP 78539
Phone: (956) 362-5190
Fax: (956) 362-5192

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About STEVE RODRIGUEZ

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Steve Rodriguez, a provider established in Edinburg, Texas 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 1386985752 assigned on March 2013. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 1835P0018X with license number 36551 (TX). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 13 years ago.

NPI: 1386985752
Provider Name: STEVE ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ B.S. PHARM
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 5501 S MCCOLL RD ATTN: PHARMACY DEPARTMENT EDINBURG, TX 78539
Location Phone: (956) 362-5190
Location Fax: (956) 362-5192
Mailing Address: 5501 S MCCOLL RD ATTN: PHARMACY DEPARTMENT EDINBURG, TX 78539
Mailing Phone: (956) 362-5190
Mailing Fax: (956) 362-5192
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 03-11-2013
Last Update Date: 03-11-2013
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A pharmacist like Steve Rodriguez 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.: 36551
License State: TX
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.

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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 1386985752, 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 68. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 68 = 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 → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

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 8 → 16 → 7 9 → 18 → 9 5 → 10 → 1 5 → 10 → 1

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 + 1 + 8 + 8 + 1 + 0 + 7 + 1 + 0 + 24 = 68

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

The next multiple of ten after 68 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 68 = 2

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 2, which matches the last digit of 1386985752.