AARON JOSHUA SHAPIRO M.D.
NPI 1588079834
Family Medicine in Philadelphia, PA
NPI Status: Active since June 25, 2014
Contact Information
8815 GERMANTOWN AVE
5TH FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA
ZIP 19118
Phone: (215) 248-8145
Fax: (215) 248-8852
- Individual
- Male
- Family Medicine
- Medicare Quality Reporting
About AARON SHAPIRO
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Aaron Shapiro, a primary care provider established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a medical specialization in Family Medicine. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1588079834 assigned on June 2014. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207Q00000X with license number MT207062 (PA). The provider is registered as an individual and his NPI record was last updated 12 years ago.
- NPI
- 1588079834
- Provider Name
- AARON JOSHUA SHAPIRO M.D.
- Gender
- Male
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Location Address
- 8815 GERMANTOWN AVE 5TH FLOOR PHILADELPHIA, PA 19118
- Location Phone
- (215) 248-8145
- Location Fax
- (215) 248-8852
- Mailing Address
- 8815 GERMANTOWN AVE 5TH FLOOR PHILADELPHIA, PA 19118
- Mailing Phone
- (215) 248-8145
- Mailing Fax
- (215) 248-8852
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 06-25-2014
- Last Update Date
- 06-25-2014
- Code Navigator
A primary care provider (PCP) like Aaron Shapiro sees people with common medical problems. The primary care provider might be a doctor, physician assistant, nurse practitioner or clinic that are usually involved in your long-term care. A PCP might provide preventive care, treat common medical conditions, identify urgent medical problems and refer you to specialists when necessary. Primary care is usually provided in an outpatient facility but if you are admitted to a hospital your PCP may assist in your care. The most common medical conditions seen by primary care providers are: hypertension, upper respiratory tract infections, depression or anxiety, back pain, arthritis, dermatitis, diabetes, urinary tract infections, etc .
Location Map
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
Family Medicine
- Taxonomy Code
- 207Q00000X
- Type
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- License No.
- MT207062
- License State
- PA
- Taxonomy Description
- Family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Measurement and Improvement at the Practice and Panel Level | Yes | N/A |
| Measure and improve quality at the practice and panel level, such as the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) Physician Scorecards, that could include one or more of the following: • Regularly review measures of quality, utilization, patient satisfaction and other measures that may be useful at the practice level and at the level of the care team or MIPS eligible clinician or group (panel); and/or • Use relevant data sources to create benchmarks and goals for performance at the practice level and panel level. | ||
| Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols | Yes | N/A |
| Use decision support and standardized treatment protocols to manage workflow in the team to meet patient needs. | ||
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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 1588079834, 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 1588079834, enumerated as an "individual" on June 25, 2014.
The provider is located at 8815 GERMANTOWN AVE 5TH FLOOR PHILADELPHIA, PA 19118 and the phone number is (215) 248-8145.
Family Medicine with taxonomy code 207Q00000X.
