ULP HEARING AID
NPI 1629340971
Hearing Instrument Specialist in Louisville, KY

NPI Status: Active since February 02, 2012

Contact Information

401 E CHESTNUT ST UNIT 710
LOUISVILLE, KY
ZIP 40202
Phone: (502) 583-8303
Fax: (502) 583-2938

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Hearing Instrument Specialist

About ULP HEARING AID

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Ulp Hearing Aid, a provider established in Louisville, Kentucky operating as a Hearing Instrument Specialist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1629340971 assigned on February 2012. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 237700000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 14 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 Ulp Hearing Aid. The authorized official of this NPI record is John Elliott (Vp Of Human Resources)

NPI: 1629340971
Provider Legal Name: UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE PHYISICIANS, INC.
Other Organization Name: ULP HEARING AID
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 401 E CHESTNUT ST UNIT 710 LOUISVILLE, KY 40202
Location Phone: (502) 583-8303
Location Fax: (502) 583-2938
Mailing Address: 501 E BROADWAY STE 290 LOUISVILLE, KY 40202
Mailing Phone: (502) 217-5134
Mailing Fax: (502) 583-2938
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 02-02-2012
Last Update Date: 02-02-2012
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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: Hearing Instrument Specialist
Taxonomy Code: 237700000X
Type: Speech, Language and Hearing Service Providers
Taxonomy Description: Individuals who test hearing for the selection, adaptation, fitting, adjusting, servicing, and sale of hearing aids. Hearing Instrument Specialist is a designation provided individuals who qualify by the National Hearing Aid Society

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: JOHN ELLIOTT
Authorized Official Title: VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Authorized Official Phone: (502) 561-2404

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 1629340971, we treat the final digit (1) 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 69. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 69 = 1).

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 → 4

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 0

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 14 → 1 + 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 2 → 4 3 → 6 0 → 0 7 → 14 → 5

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 6 + 4 + 9 + 6 + 4 + 0 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 24 = 69

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

The next multiple of ten after 69 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 69 = 1

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 1, which matches the last digit of 1629340971.