ROBERT CORTEZ
NPI 1497134944
Pharmacist in Normal, IL

NPI Status: Active since May 28, 2015

Contact Information

1900 E COLLEGE AVE
NORMAL, IL
ZIP 61761
Phone: (309) 888-0810

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About ROBERT CORTEZ

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Robert Cortez, a provider established in Normal, Illinois with a medical specialization in Pharmacist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1497134944 assigned on May 2015. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 183500000X with license number 051298295 (IL). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 10 years ago.

NPI: 1497134944
Provider Name: ROBERT CORTEZ
Gender: Male
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 1900 E COLLEGE AVE NORMAL, IL 61761
Location Phone: (309) 888-0810
Mailing Address: 1900 E COLLEGE AVE NORMAL, IL 61761
Mailing Phone: (309) 888-0810
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 05-28-2015
Last Update Date: 11-16-2015
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A pharmacist like Robert Cortez 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
Taxonomy Code: 183500000X
Type: Pharmacy Service Providers
License No.: 051298295
License State: IL
Taxonomy Description: An individual licensed by the appropriate state regulatory agency to engage in the practice of pharmacy. The practice of pharmacy includes, but is not limited to, assessment, interpretation, evaluation, and implementation, initiation, monitoring or modification of medication and or medical orders; the compounding or dispensing of medication and or medical orders; participation in drug and device procurement, storage, and selection; drug administration; drug regimen reviews; drug or drug-related research; provision of patient education and the provision of those acts or services necessary to provide medication therapy management services in all areas of patient care.

NPI Validation Check Digit Calculation

The following table explains the step by step NPI number validation process using the ISO standard Luhn algorithm.

Start with the original NPI number, the last digit is the check digit and is not used in the calculation.
1	4	9	7	1	3	4	9	4	4
Step 1: Double the value of the alternate digits, beginning with the rightmost digit.
2	4	18	7	2	3	8	9	8
Step 2: Add all the doubled and unaffected individual digits from step 1 plus the constant number 24.
2 + 4 + 1 + 8 + 7 + 2 + 3 + 8 + 9 + 8 + 24 = 76
Step 3: Subtract the total obtained in step 2 from the next higher number ending in zero, the result is the check digit.
80 - 76 = 4									4

The NPI number 1497134944 is valid because the calculated check digit 4 using the Luhn validation algorithm matches the last digit of the original NPI number.