MERCYONE DES MOINES HOSPITALISTS
NPI 1508297938
Hospitalist in Des Moines, IA

NPI Status: Active since December 11, 2013

Contact Information

1111 6TH AVE
DES MOINES, IA
ZIP 50314
Phone: (515) 247-4240

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Insurance Plans Accepted
Secondary Locations
Authorized Official
CLIA Information
NPI Validation
Other Providers Same Location
Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Hospitalist
Accepts Insurance
CLIA Number: 16D0383021
CLIA Cert. Type: Hospital
CLIA Exp. Date: 07-30-2026

About MERCYONE DES MOINES HOSPITALISTS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Mercyone Des Moines Hospitalists, a provider established in Des Moines, Iowa operating as a Hospitalist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1508297938 assigned on December 2013. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 208M00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 2 years ago. The organization operates as a Single Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, all of who practice with the same area of specialization. The provider's is doing business as Mercyone Des Moines Hospitalists. The authorized official of this NPI record is Bradley Whipple (Credentialing Assistant)

NPI: 1508297938
Provider Legal Name: MERCY CLINICS, INC
Other Organization Name: MERCYONE DES MOINES HOSPITALISTS
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 1111 6TH AVE DES MOINES, IA 50314
Location Phone: (515) 247-4240
Mailing Address: PO BOX 1475 DES MOINES, IA 50305
Mailing Phone: (515) 643-7442
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 12-11-2013
Last Update Date: 10-11-2024
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Secondary Locations

204 N 4th Ave E
Newton, IA 50208
(515) 247-4240
1755 59th Pl
West Des Moines, IA 50266
(515) 247-4240

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: Hospitalist
Taxonomy Code: 208M00000X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
License State: IA
Taxonomy Description: Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their activities include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to Hospital Medicine. The term 'hospitalist' refers to physicians whose practice emphasizes providing care for hospitalized patients.

Group Taxonomy 193400000X SINGLE SPECIALTY GROUP

This provdier is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, all of who practice with the same area of specialization.

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

Medica

Medica Insure Bronze $0 Copay PCP Visits - EPO
Medica Insure Bronze Premier - EPO
Medica Insure Bronze Share - EPO
Medica Insure Expanded Bronze Standard - EPO
Medica Insure Gold $0 Copay PCP Visits - EPO
Medica Insure Gold Share - EPO
Medica Insure Gold Standard - EPO
Medica Insure Silver $0 Copay PCP Visits - EPO
Medica Insure Silver Share - EPO
Medica Insure Silver Standard - EPO

Sanford Health Plan

Sanford Individual Simplicity $1,750 - PPO
Sanford Individual Simplicity $10,600 - PPO
Sanford Individual Simplicity $3,500 - PPO
Sanford Individual Simplicity $4,750 - PPO
Sanford Individual Simplicity $6,500 - PPO
Sanford Individual Simplicity $7,200 HSA Qualified - PPO
Sanford Individual Simplicity Standardized $2,000 - PPO
Sanford Individual Simplicity Standardized $6,000 - PPO
Sanford Individual Simplicity Standardized $7,500 - PPO

*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: BRADLEY WHIPPLE
Authorized Official Title: CREDENTIALING ASSISTANT
Authorized Official Phone: (515) 358-6956

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: 16D0383021
Facility Type: Hospital
Certificate Effective Date: July 31, 2024
Certificate Expiration Date: July 30, 2026
Laboratory Director: DR. AVINA KOLARETH
Certificate Type: Certificate of Compliance
Certificate Type Description: This CLIA certificate is issued to Mercyone Des Moines Hospitalists after an inspection that finds the laboratory to be in compliance with all applicable CLIA requirements. This type of certificate is issued to laboratories that perform nonwaived (moderate and/or high complexity) testing.

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 1508297938, we treat the final digit (8) 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 72. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 72 = 8).

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 → 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 14 → 1 + 4

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 6

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 0 → 0 2 → 4 7 → 14 → 5 3 → 6