GULF COAST NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING, LLC
NPI 1619382967
Specialist/Technologist in Houston, TX

NPI Status: Active since June 25, 2014

Contact Information

7600 FANNIN ST
HOUSTON, TX
ZIP 77054
Phone: (713) 796-2001
Fax: (713) 749-6917

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Authorized Official
CLIA Information
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Organization
Specialist/Technologist
CLIA Number: 45D0660146
CLIA Cert. Type: Blood Bank
CLIA Exp. Date: 07-26-2027

About GULF COAST NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING, LLC

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Gulf Coast Newborn Hearing Screening, Llc, a provider established in Houston, Texas operating as a Specialist/technologist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1619382967 assigned on June 2014. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 235500000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 12 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 authorized official of this NPI record is Joseph Lindsay Edmonds M.d. (President, Managing Partner)

NPI: 1619382967
Provider Name: GULF COAST NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING, LLC
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 7600 FANNIN ST HOUSTON, TX 77054
Location Phone: (713) 796-2001
Location Fax: (713) 749-6917
Mailing Address: 6550 FANNIN ST SUITE 2001 HOUSTON, TX 77030
Mailing Phone: (713) 796-2001
Mailing Fax: (713) 749-6917
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 06-25-2014
Last Update Date: 06-25-2014
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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: Specialist/Technologist
Taxonomy Code: 235500000X
Type: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Taxonomy Description: General classification identifying speech, language and hearing services individuals who are trained on a specific piece of equipment or technical procedure.

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.

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: JOSEPH LINDSAY EDMONDS M.D.
Authorized Official Title: PRESIDENT, MANAGING PARTNER
Authorized Official Phone: (713) 796-2001

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: 45D0660146
Facility Type: Blood Bank
Certificate Effective Date: July 27, 2025
Certificate Expiration Date: July 26, 2027
Laboratory Director: DANIEL WELDER
Certificate Type: Certificate of Accreditation
Certificate Type Description: This is a CLIA certificate is issued to Gulf Coast Newborn Hearing Screening, Llc on the basis of the laboratory's accreditation by an accreditation organization approved by CMS. This type of certificate is issued to a laboratories tha 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 1619382967, 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 73. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 73 = 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 → 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 4

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

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 3 → 6 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 + 6 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 8 + 4 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 73

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

The next multiple of ten after 73 is 80. The difference is the calculated check digit.

80 - 73 = 7

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 7, which matches the last digit of 1619382967.