SURESH CHANDRA SARASWAT MD
NPI 1487608964
Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease in Murfreesboro, TN
NPI Status: Active since May 20, 2006
Contact Information
611 N HIGHLAND AVE
MURFREESBORO, TN
ZIP 37130
Phone: (615) 895-2388
Fax: (615) 904-9413
- Individual
- Male
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Medicare Quality Reporting
About SURESH SARASWAT
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Suresh Saraswat, an internist established in Murfreesboro, Tennessee with a medical specialization in Internal Medicine, focusing in cardiovascular disease . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1487608964 assigned on May 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RC0000X with license number 13076 (TN). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 16 years ago.
- NPI
- 1487608964
- Provider Name
- SURESH CHANDRA SARASWAT MD
- Gender
- Male
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Location Address
- 611 N HIGHLAND AVE MURFREESBORO, TN 37130
- Location Phone
- (615) 895-2388
- Location Fax
- (615) 904-9413
- Mailing Address
- 611 N HIGHLAND AVE MURFREESBORO, TN 37130
- Mailing Phone
- (615) 895-2388
- Mailing Fax
- (615) 904-9413
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- Yes
- Enumeration Date
- 05-20-2006
- Last Update Date
- 04-16-2010
- Code Navigator
An internist like Suresh Saraswat 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 Cardiovascular Disease
- Taxonomy Code
- 207RC0000X
- Type
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- License No.
- 13076
- License State
- TN
- Taxonomy Description
- An internist who specializes in diseases of the heart and blood vessels and manages complex cardiac conditions such as heart attacks and life-threatening, abnormal heartbeat rhythms.
Insurance Plans Accepted
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Additional Identifiers
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| Identifier | Type / Code | Identifier State | Identifier Issuer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15512 | OTHER (01) | TN | BLUE CROSS |
| 3184491 | MEDICARE ID-TYPE UNSPECIFIED (04) | TN | |
| 3184491 | MEDICAID (05) | TN | |
| B04133 | MEDICARE UPIN (02) | TN |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up | Yes | N/A |
| Seeing new and follow-up Medicaid patients in a timely manner, including individuals dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. A timely manner is defined as within 10 business days for this activity. | ||
| Implementation of condition-specific chronic disease self-management support programs | Yes | N/A |
| Provide condition-specific chronic disease self-management support programs or coaching or link patients to those programs in the community. | ||
| Implementation of episodic care management practice improvements | Yes | N/A |
| Provide episodic care management, including management across transitions and referrals that could include one or more of the following: Routine and timely follow-up to hospitalizations, ED visits and stays in other institutional settings, including symptom and disease management, and medication reconciliation and management; and/or Managing care intensively through new diagnoses, injuries and exacerbations of illness. | ||
| Leveraging a QCDR for use of standard questionnaires | Yes | N/A |
| Participation in a QCDR, demonstrating performance of activities for use of standard questionnaires for assessing improvements in health disparities related to functional health status (e.g., use of Seattle Angina Questionnaire, MD Anderson Symptom Inventory, and/or SF-12/VR-12 functional health status assessment). | ||
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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 1487608964, 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 66. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 66 = 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 66 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1487608964, enumerated as an "individual" on May 20, 2006.
The provider is located at 611 N HIGHLAND AVE MURFREESBORO, TN 37130 and the phone number is (615) 895-2388.
Internal Medicine with taxonomy code 207RC0000X and a focus in Cardiovascular Disease.
The provider might be accepting Accepts: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicare and Medicaid. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.
