HEALTH CARE, INC.
NPI 1447369574
Skilled Nursing Facility in Ashville, AL
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
NPI Status: Active since August 30, 2006
Contact Information
38286 US HIGHWAY 231
ASHVILLE, AL
ZIP 35953
Phone: (205) 594-5148
Fax: (205) 594-2614
- Organization
- Skilled Nursing Facility
- Accepts Insurance
- CLIA Number: 01D2189431
- CLIA Cert. Type: Skilled Nursing Facility/Nursing Facility
- CLIA Exp. Date: 07-29-2026
About HEALTH CARE, INC.
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Health Care, Inc., a provider established in Ashville, Alabama operating as a Skilled Nursing Facility. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1447369574 assigned on August 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 314000000X with license number 12672 (AL). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 14 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is Ms. Pam Penland (Owner/administrator)
- NPI
- 1447369574
- Provider Name
- HEALTH CARE, INC.
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 38286 US HIGHWAY 231 ASHVILLE, AL 35953
- Location Phone
- (205) 594-5148
- Location Fax
- (205) 594-2614
- Mailing Address
- PO BOX 130 ASHVILLE, AL 35953
- Mailing Phone
- (205) 594-5148
- Mailing Fax
- (205) 594-2614
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 08-30-2006
- Last Update Date
- 08-16-2012
- Code Navigator
According to the Nursing Home Compare program data, Health Care, Inc. has an average overall quality rating based on the provider's performance on three separate measures including: health inspections, staffing, and quality of resident care information. These quality measures, combined in a star rating of 3 out of 5 stars provide a snapshot of this nursing home quality.
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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
Skilled Nursing Facility
- Taxonomy Code
- 314000000X
- Type
- Nursing & Custodial Care Facilities
- License No.
- 12672
- License State
- AL
- Taxonomy Description
- (1) A skilled nursing facility is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living. It meets any licensing or certification standards et forth by the jurisdiction where it is located. A skilled nursing facility may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation; (2) Provides non-acute medical and skilled nursing care services, therapy and social services under the supervision of a licensed registered nurse on a 24-hour basis.
Insurance Plans Accepted
According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:
- Blue HSA Bronze - PPO
- Blue Protect - PPO
- Blue Saver Bronze - PPO
- Blue Saver Silver EPO - EPO
- Blue Standardized Silver EPO - EPO
- Blue Standardized Statewide Silver EPO - EPO
- Blue Statewide Silver EPO - EPO
- Blue Value Gold - PPO
- Blue Value Silver - PPO
- Blue Access Gold for Business - PPO
- Blue Choice Platinum for Business - PPO
- Blue HSA Silver for Business - PPO
- Blue Saver Bronze for Business - PPO
- Blue Saver Gold for Business - PPO
- Blue Secure Gold for Business - PPO
- Blue Secure Silver for Business - PPO
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4752020S | MEDICAID (05) | AL | |
| 015407 | MEDICARE OSCAR/CERTIFICATION (06) | ||
| 4218930001 | MEDICARE NSC (07) | AL | |
| 009984980 | MEDICAID (05) | AL |
Nursing Home Quality Information
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publishes the Nursing Home Compare star rating data to provide consumers an easy way to compare nursing home's quality of care.
| Overall Quality Rating | Not Available |
| The overall star rating is based on a nursing homes's performance on health inspections, staffing and quality measures. | |
| Health Inspection Rating | Not Available |
| The health inspection star rating is based on a nursing home’s weighted score from the most recent health inspections. | |
| Quality Measures Rating | - 5 out of 5 stars - Much Above Average |
| The quality measures star rating is based on data from a select set of clinical measures. | |
| Long-Stay Quality Measures Rating | - 5 out of 5 stars - Much Above Average |
| The long-stay quality of care rating is based on the quality of care delivered to long-term residents only. | |
| Short-Stay Quality Measures Rating | Not Available |
| The short-stay quality of care rating is based on the quality of care delivered to temporary residents only. *Not enough data available to calculate a star rating. | |
| Staffing Rating | - 1 out of 5 stars - Much Below Average |
| The staffing rating is based on the star rating based on the nursing home’s staffing hours for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practice Nurses (LPNs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) and Nurse aides. *This facility either did not submit staffing data, has reported a high number of days without a registered nurse onsite, or submitted data that could not be verified through an audit. | |
| Nurse Aide Staffing Hours | 2.06 hours per resident per day |
| Nurse aide hours per resident per day. Higher number of hours are better. | |
| RN Staffing Hours | 0.21 hours per resident per day |
| Resgistered nurse hours per resident per day. Higher number of hours are better. | |
| Administrator Turnover | 1 |
| Number of administrators who left the nursing home within a given year. | |
| Ownership Type | For profit - Individual |
| Is the facility private for profit, not-for profit or publicly owned. | |
| Number of Certified Beds | 53 beds |
| Number of beds in the nursing home that have been approved by the federal government to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. | |
| Residents per Day | 49 residents |
| Average number of residents living in the facility per day. | |
| Automatic Sprinkler Systems | Yes |
| Does the facility have automatic sprinkler systems in all required areas? | |
| Facility Reported Incidents | 0 incidents |
| Number of facility-reported incidents in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Substantiated Complaints | 0 complaints |
| Number of substantiated complaints in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Citations from Inspections | citations after infection control inspection |
| Number of citations from infection control inspections in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Total Number of Penalties | 0 penalties from a serious health, fire safety or long-term unresolved citation |
| The Medicare program may impose penalties on a facilty when there's serious health or fire safety citations or if the facility fails to correct a citation for a long period of time. | |
| Number of Fines | 0 fines |
| Toal number of fines in the last 3 years. A penalty can be a fine against the facility or denied payments from Medicare. | |
| Amount of Fines | $0.00 |
| Total monetary amount of fine imposed on the facility in the last 3 years. | |
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
- 01D2189431
- Facility Type
- Skilled Nursing Facility/Nursing Facility
- Certificate Effective Date
- July 30, 2024
- Certificate Expiration Date
- July 29, 2026
- Laboratory Director
- AMANDA F. FITZPATRICK
- Certificate Type
- Certificate of Waiver
- Certificate Type Description
- This CLIA certificate is issued to Health Care, Inc. 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 1447369574, we treat the final digit (4) 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 76. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 76 = 4).
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 76 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 1447369574, enumerated as an "organization" on August 30, 2006.
The provider is located at 38286 US HIGHWAY 231 ASHVILLE, AL 35953 and the phone number is (205) 594-5148.
Skilled Nursing Facility with taxonomy code 314000000X.
The provider might be accepting Accepts: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Medicare. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.
