OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1659798536
General Acute Care Hospital in New Orleans, LA
NPI Status: Active since March 28, 2014
Contact Information
1514 JEFFERSON HWY
NEW ORLEANS, LA
ZIP 70121
Phone: (504) 842-4796
- Organization
- General Acute Care Hospital
- CLIA Number: 19D0989016
- CLIA Cert. Type: Hospital
- CLIA Exp. Date: 07-12-2027
About OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Ochsner Medical Center, a provider established in New Orleans, Louisiana operating as a General Acute Care Hospital. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1659798536 assigned on March 2014. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 282N00000X with license number 2085R0202X (LA). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 12 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is Dr. James Milburn (Program Director)
- NPI
- 1659798536
- Provider Name
- OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 1514 JEFFERSON HWY NEW ORLEANS, LA 70121
- Location Phone
- (504) 842-4796
- Mailing Address
- 7913 NURSERY STREET BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA V5E 2
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 03-28-2014
- Last Update Date
- 03-28-2014
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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
General Acute Care Hospital
- Taxonomy Code
- 282N00000X
- Type
- Hospitals
- License No.
- 2085R0202X
- License State
- LA
- 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.
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
- 19D0989016
- Facility Type
- Hospital
- Certificate Effective Date
- July 13, 2025
- Certificate Expiration Date
- July 12, 2027
- Laboratory Director
- COURTNEY JACKSON
- Certificate Type
- Certificate for Provider-Performed Microscopy Procedures (PPMP)
- Certificate Type Description
- This CLIA certificate is issued to Ochsner Medical Center in which a physician, midlevel practitioner or dentist that performs specific microscopy procedures during the course of a patient's visit. A limited list of provider-performed microscopy procedures is included under this certificate type, which are categorized as moderate 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 1659798536, we treat the final digit (6) 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 74. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 74 = 6).
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 74 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 1659798536, enumerated as an "organization" on March 28, 2014.
The provider is located at 1514 JEFFERSON HWY NEW ORLEANS, LA 70121 and the phone number is (504) 842-4796.
General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.
