ORTHOPAEDIC FOUNDATION
NPI 1518025527
Orthopaedic Surgery in Houston, TX

NPI Status: Active since December 04, 2006

Contact Information

6400 FANNIN ST STE 1700
HOUSTON, TX
ZIP 77030
Phone: (713) 799-2429
Fax: (713) 790-0505

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Insurance Plans Accepted
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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Organization
Orthopaedic Surgery

About ORTHOPAEDIC FOUNDATION

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Orthopaedic Foundation, a provider established in Houston, Texas operating as a Orthopaedic Surgery. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1518025527 assigned on December 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207X00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 11 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 Orthopaedic Foundation. The authorized official of this NPI record is Dr. Leland A. Winston M. D. (Director)

NPI: 1518025527
Provider Legal Name: FOUNDATION FOR ORTHOPEDIC, ATHLETIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE RESEARCH
Other Organization Name: ORTHOPAEDIC FOUNDATION
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 6400 FANNIN ST STE 1700 HOUSTON, TX 77030
Location Phone: (713) 799-2429
Location Fax: (713) 790-0505
Mailing Address: 6400 FANNIN ST STE 1700 HOUSTON, TX 77030
Mailing Phone: (713) 799-2429
Mailing Fax: (713) 790-0505
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 12-04-2006
Last Update Date: 10-26-2015
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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: Orthopaedic Surgery
Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.

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:

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

Medicare

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

Medicaid

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.

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: DR. LELAND A. WINSTON M. D.
Authorized Official Title: DIRECTOR
Authorized Official Phone: (713) 799-2429

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
2708HM	OTHER (01)	TX	BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TX

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 1518025527, we treat the final digit (7) 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 53. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 53 = 7).

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 → 2

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 0

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 4

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 1 → 2 0 → 0 5 → 10 → 1 2 → 4

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 5 + 2 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 4 + 24 = 53

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

The next multiple of ten after 53 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 53 = 7

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 7, which matches the last digit of 1518025527.