RURAL MOBILE HEALTH & WELLNESS
NPI 1669549556
Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies - Customized Equipment in Houston, TX

NPI Status: Active since November 29, 2006

Contact Information

700 LOUISIANA ST STE 3950
HOUSTON, TX
ZIP 77002
Phone: (832) 390-2733

NPI Profile Information
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Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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Customized Equipment

About RURAL MOBILE HEALTH & WELLNESS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Rural Mobile Health & Wellness, a provider established in Houston, Texas operating as a Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies, focusing in customized equipment . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1669549556 assigned on November 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 332BC3200X with license number 0092955 (TX). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 3 years ago. The provider's former legal business name is Hixon Medical Equipment. The authorized official of this NPI record is Alex F Hixon (President/owner)

NPI: 1669549556
Provider Legal Name: RURAL MOBILE HEALTH & WELLNESS
Other Organization Name: HIXON MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Other Name Type: Former Legal Business Name (4)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 700 LOUISIANA ST STE 3950 HOUSTON, TX 77002
Location Phone: (832) 390-2733
Mailing Address: 700 LOUISIANA ST STE 3950 HOUSTON, TX 77002
Mailing Phone: (832) 390-2733
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 11-29-2006
Last Update Date: 06-13-2023
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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: Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies Customized Equipment
Taxonomy Code: 332BC3200X
Type: Suppliers
License No.: 0092955
License State: TX

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: ALEX F HIXON
Authorized Official Title: PRESIDENT/OWNER
Authorized Official Phone: (832) 390-2733

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 1669549556, 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 64. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 64 = 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.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

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 6 → 12 → 3 5 → 10 → 1 9 → 18 → 9 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 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 8 + 5 + 1 + 0 + 24 = 64

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

The next multiple of ten after 64 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 64 = 6

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 6, which matches the last digit of 1669549556.