DFCI
NPI 1649360454
General Acute Care Hospital in Boston, MA

NPI Status: Active since October 13, 2006

Contact Information

44 BINNEY ST
BOSTON, MA
ZIP 02115
Phone: (617) 632-6470

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  • Organization
  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • CLIA Number: 22D1010753
  • CLIA Cert. Type: Hospital
  • CLIA Exp. Date: 01-25-2027

About DFCI

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Dfci, a provider established in Boston, Massachusetts operating as a General Acute Care Hospital. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1649360454 assigned on October 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 282N00000X with license number 231581 (MA). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 19 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is Georgia Litsas Np (Nurse Practitioner)

NPI
1649360454
Provider Name
DFCI
Entity Type
Organization
Location Address
44 BINNEY ST BOSTON, MA 02115
Location Phone
(617) 632-6470
Mailing Address
44 BINNEY ST BOSTON, MA 02115
Is Sole Proprietor?
No
Is Organization Subpart?
No
Enumeration Date
10-13-2006
Last Update Date
08-28-2007
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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

General Acute Care Hospital

Taxonomy Code
282N00000X
Type
Hospitals
License No.
231581
License State
MA
Taxonomy Description
An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

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

GEORGIA LITSAS NP

Authorized Official Title
NURSE PRACTITIONER
Authorized Official Phone
(617) 632-6470

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
22D1010753
Facility Type
Hospital
Certificate Effective Date
January 26, 2025
Certificate Expiration Date
January 25, 2027
Laboratory Director
DR. JOSE A. CANCELAS-PEREZ
Certificate Type
Certificate of Accreditation
Certificate Type Description
This is a CLIA certificate is issued to Dfci 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.

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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 1649360454, 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 66. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 66 = 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.

Pos 1
1
Doubled → 2
Pos 2
6
Unchanged
Pos 3
4
Doubled → 8
Pos 4
9
Unchanged
Pos 5
3
Doubled → 6
Pos 6
6
Unchanged
Pos 7
0
Doubled → 0
Pos 8
4
Unchanged
Pos 9
5
Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0
Check
4
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 4 → 8 3 → 6 0 → 0 5 → 10 → 1

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 6 + 8 + 9 + 6 + 6 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 24 = 66

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

The next multiple of ten after 66 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 66 = 4
This NPI is valid
The calculated check digit is 4, which matches the last digit of 1649360454.

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The following 20 providers are registered at the same or a nearby location.

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Internal Medicine (Hematology)
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Internal Medicine (Hematology & Oncology)
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BOSTON, MA 02115
Internal Medicine (Hematology & Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST, SM 209
BOSTON, MA 02115
Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, ROOM 1234C
BOSTON, MA 02115
Nurse Practitioner
44 BINNEY ST, SW 540
BOSTON, MA 02115
Genetic Counselor, MS
44 BINNEY ST
BOSTON, MA 02115
Internal Medicine (Hematology & Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST, DANA 1B30, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE
BOSTON, MA 02115
Genetic Counselor, MS
44 BINNEY ST, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE
BOSTON, MA 02115
Internal Medicine (Hematology & Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST, SUITE D1B30
BOSTON, MA 02115
Genetic Counselor, MS
44 BINNEY ST, SMITH BUILDING 271
BOSTON, MA 02115
Nurse Practitioner (Adult Health)
44 BINNEY ST, SW 230
BOSTON, MA 02115
Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST, DANA 1B25
BOSTON, MA 02115
Pediatrics (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST
BOSTON, MA 02115
Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST, DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE
BOSTON, MA 02115
Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)
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BOSTON, MA 02115
Pediatrics (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST, DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE
BOSTON, MA 02115
Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST
BOSTON, MA 02115
Pediatrics (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)
44 BINNEY ST, ROOM SW 331
BOSTON, MA 02115

Frequently Asked Questions

The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1649360454, enumerated as an "organization" on October 13, 2006.

The provider is located at 44 BINNEY ST BOSTON, MA 02115 and the phone number is (617) 632-6470.

General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.