WHITNEY CLAIRE FENSKE PA
NPI 1598072365
Physician Assistant - Medical in Lansing, MI

NPI Status: Active since September 01, 2010

Contact Information

1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI
ZIP 48912
Phone: (517) 364-2356
Fax: (517) 364-2014

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  • Individual
  • Female
  • Years of Experience 16
  • Physician Assistant
  • Medical
  • Accepts Insurance
  • Accepts Medicare Approved Payment
  • PECOS Enrolled
  • Medicare Quality Reporting

About WHITNEY FENSKE

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Whitney Fenske, a primary care provider established in Lansing, Michigan with a medical specialization in Physician Assistant, focusing in medical and more than 16 years of experience. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1598072365 assigned on September 2010. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 363AM0700X. The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated one year ago.

NPI
1598072365
Provider Name
WHITNEY CLAIRE FENSKE PA
Other Name
WHITNEY CLAIRE STRONG
Other Name Type
Former Name (1)
Gender
Female
Entity Type
Individual
Location Address
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE LANSING, MI 48912
Location Phone
(517) 364-2356
Location Fax
(517) 364-2014
Mailing Address
411 W LAKE LANSING RD SUITE C120 EAST LANSING, MI 48823
Mailing Phone
(517) 337-0957
Mailing Fax
(517) 364-2014
Medical School Name
OTHER
Graduation Year
2010
Is Sole Proprietor?
No
Enumeration Date
09-01-2010
Last Update Date
08-21-2025
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A primary care provider (PCP) like Whitney Fenske 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

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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

Physician Assistant Medical

Taxonomy Code
363AM0700X
Type
Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers

Insurance Plans Accepted

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

  • Blue Cross� Preferred HMO Bronze Extra - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Preferred HMO Bronze Saver HSA - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Preferred HMO Bronze Secure - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Preferred HMO Gold - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Preferred HMO Gold Extra - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Preferred HMO Silver - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Preferred HMO Silver Extra - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Preferred HMO Silver Saver - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Preferred HMO Value - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Select HMO Bronze Extra - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Select HMO Bronze Saver HSA - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Select HMO Bronze Secure - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Select HMO Silver - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Select HMO Silver Extra - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Select HMO Silver Saver - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Select HMO Value - HMO
  • Blue Cross� Premier PPO Bronze Extra - PPO
  • Blue Cross� Premier PPO Bronze Saver HSA - PPO
  • Blue Cross� Premier PPO Bronze Secure - PPO
  • Blue Cross� Premier PPO Gold - PPO
  • Blue Cross� Premier PPO Gold Extra - PPO
  • Blue Cross� Premier PPO Silver - PPO
  • Blue Cross� Premier PPO Silver Extra - PPO
  • Blue Cross� Premier PPO Silver Saver HSA - PPO
  • Blue Cross� Premier PPO Value - PPO
  • MyPriority Balanced Silver - HMO
  • MyPriority Premier Silver - HMO
  • MyPriority Standard Bronze - HMO
  • MyPriority Standard Bronze - Travel - HMO
  • MyPriority Standard Gold - HMO
  • MyPriority Standard Silver - HMO
  • MyPriority Standard Silver - Travel - HMO
  • MyPriority Value Bronze - HMO
  • MyPriority Value Bronze HSA - HMO

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

Medicare Participation & PECOS Enrollment Status

Whitney Fenske is registered with Medicare and accepts claims assignment, this means the provider accepts the approved amount for the cost of rendered services as full payment. Participating providers may not charge beneficiaries more than the approved amount for their services. Please keep in mind that beneficiaries still have to pay a coinsurance or copayment amount for a visit or service.

Whitney Fenske is enrolled in PECOS and is eligible to order or refer health care services for Medicare patients. The provider is eligible to order or refer: Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), a Home Health Agency (HHA) and Power Mobility Devices.

What is PECOS?
PECOS is the online Medicare enrollment management system or Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System. The PECOS system is a database of providers who have registered with CMS as providers or suppliers. PECOS is the primary source of information about verified Medicare professionals. Providers that want to participate in this program need to enroll in PECOS with their NPI number to avoid denied claims.

  • Is the provider registered in PECOS? Yes

  • PECOS PAC ID: 4587843313

    What is the PECOS Associate Control ID?
    A PAC ID is a unique 10-digit number assigned to an individual or organization healthcare provider in PECOS. The PAC ID is used to link together all the provider information, like tax identification numbers and organizational names. A PAC ID can be connected to multiple Enrollment IDs if an individual or organization has enrolled in PECOS more than once.

  • PECOS Enrollment ID: I20110126000629

    What is the Provider Enrollment ID?
    The Enrollment ID is a unique alphanumeric 15-digit code assigned to each new provider's PECOS enrollment application. The Enrollment ID is used to link together all the provider enrollment information like enrollment type, state, provider specialty, and reassignment of benefits.

  • Accepts Medicare Assignment? Yes

    What does it mean "accepts medicare assignment"?
    When a provider accepts Medicare assignment, the provider agrees to be paid directly by Medicare and to accept the payment amount approved by Medicare. Additionally, the provider agrees to not bill patients for more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance amounts.
    A provider who doesn't accept assignment may charge you up to 15% over the Medicare-approved amount. This is known as the limiting charge. You may have to pay this amount, or it may be covered by another insurer.

  • Eligible to Order or Refer Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging: Yes

  • Eligible to Order or Refer Durable Medical Equipment (DMEPOS): Yes

  • Eligible to Order or Refer a Home Health Agency (HHA): Yes

  • Eligible to Order or Refer Power Mobility Devices: Yes

Areas of Expertise

The following services and procedures, recently provided to Medicare patients, illustrate the range of care this provider offers. This list reflects the variety of services available to all patients visiting the practice and is based on 2022 Medicare dataset. In general, the more frequently a provider treats specific conditions or performs particular procedures, the more experienced they become in addressing similar patient needs. The provider has delivered many of the services listed below to Medicare patients. Please note that this list does not include services provided to patients who are not covered by Medicare.

Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination

This procedure involves checking for health issues in the lower abdomen and chest area. It helps identify early signs of certain conditions, increasing the chance for successful treatment. It's a routine check-up that's important for maintaining good health.

This service was performed 11 times for 11 patients

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
Care Plan 39% 23
Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have an advance care plan or surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan 27% 30
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a BMI documented during the current encounter or during the previous twelve months AND with a BMI outside of normal parameters, a follow-up plan is documented during the encounter or during the previous twelve months of the current encounter Normal Parameters: Age 18 years and older BMI >= 18.5 and < 25 kg/m2

Find Provider Hospital Affiliations - Privileges

Doctors and physicians must apply for hospital privileges to treat patients at hospitals. Find out if your doctor has privileges to practice at your preferred hospital by using the hospital affiliation information below based on recent medical claims.

Hospital affiliation is identified through self-reporting data, inpatient, outpatient, physician and ancillary service claims linked by the medical claims NPI number and place of service code. Additionally, to further determine provider hospital affiliation the clinician must have provided services to at least three patients on three different dates in the last 12 months. Whitney Fenske is affiliated with the following medical facilities:

Hospital Name Address Phone Hospital Type Overall Rating
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL1215 E MICHIGAN AVENUE
LANSING, MI 48912
(517) 364-1000Acute Care Hospitals

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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 1598072365, we treat the final digit (5) 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 65. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 65 = 5).

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
1
Doubled → 2
Pos 2
5
Unchanged
Pos 3
9
Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8
Pos 4
8
Unchanged
Pos 5
0
Doubled → 0
Pos 6
7
Unchanged
Pos 7
2
Doubled → 4
Pos 8
3
Unchanged
Pos 9
6
Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2
Check
5
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 9 → 18 → 9 0 → 0 2 → 4 6 → 12 → 3

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 5 + 1 + 8 + 8 + 0 + 7 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 65

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

The next multiple of ten after 65 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 65 = 5
This NPI is valid
The calculated check digit is 5, which matches the last digit of 1598072365.

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LANSING, MI 48912
Pathology (Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE, SPARROW HOSPITAL
LANSING, MI 48912
Pathology (Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
Anesthesiology
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
Anesthesiology
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LANSING, MI 48912
Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
Pediatrics (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
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Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
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LANSING, MI 48912
Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
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LANSING, MI 48912
Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
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1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
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1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
LANSING, MI 48912
Anesthesiology
1215 E MICHIGAN AVE
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Frequently Asked Questions

The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1598072365, enumerated as an "individual" on September 01, 2010.

The provider is located at 1215 E MICHIGAN AVE LANSING, MI 48912 and the phone number is (517) 364-2356.

Physician Assistant with taxonomy code 363AM0700X and a focus in Medical.

The provider might be accepting Accepts: Blue Care Network of Michigan, Blue Cross Blue. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.

Whitney Fenske is affiliated with: EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL.