OCHSNER RUSH MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITALISTS
NPI 1689704744
Hospitalist in Meridian, MS

NPI Status: Active since March 07, 2007

Contact Information

1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS
ZIP 39301
Phone: (601) 703-4078
Fax: (601) 703-4085

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  • Organization
  • Hospitalist
  • Accepts Insurance
  • CLIA Number: 25D0985174
  • CLIA Cert. Type: Other
  • CLIA Exp. Date: 04-28-2028

About OCHSNER RUSH MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITALISTS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Ochsner Rush Medical Center Hospitalists, a provider established in Meridian, Mississippi operating as a Hospitalist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1689704744 assigned on March 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 208M00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 3 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 Ochsner Rush Medical Center Hospitalists. The authorized official of this NPI record is Don Larkin Kennedy (Regional Ceo)

NPI
1689704744
Provider Legal Name
MEDICAL FOUNDATION, INC.
Other Organization Name
OCHSNER RUSH MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITALISTS
Other Name Type
Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type
Organization
Location Address
1314 19TH AVE MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Location Phone
(601) 703-4078
Location Fax
(601) 703-4085
Mailing Address
DEPT 3022, P.O. BOX 1000 MEMPHIS, TN 38148
Mailing Phone
(601) 213-3010
Mailing Fax
(601) 703-4085
Is Sole Proprietor?
No
Is Organization Subpart?
No
Enumeration Date
03-07-2007
Last Update Date
04-21-2023
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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

Hospitalist

Taxonomy Code
208M00000X
Type
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description
Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their activities include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to Hospital Medicine. The term 'hospitalist' refers to physicians whose practice emphasizes providing care for hospitalized patients.

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.

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

  • Choice Bronze HSA (QualChoice) - POS
  • Complete Gold - PPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Connected Silver - PPO
  • Connected Silver (QualChoice) - POS
  • Connected Silver (QualChoice) + Vision + Adult Dental - POS
  • Connected Silver (QualChoiceLife) - PPO
  • Connected Silver (QualChoiceLife) + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Connected Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Elite Bronze - PPO
  • Complete Gold - EPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - EPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Gold - EPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Focused Silver - EPO
  • Focused Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Choice Bronze HSA - HMO
  • Choice Bronze HSA + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Complete Gold - HMO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Everyday Bronze - HMO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Everyday Gold - HMO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze - HMO
  • Standard Expanded Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Complete Gold - EPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - EPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Gold - EPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - EPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Gold - EPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options - EPO
  • Enhanced Diabetes Care Silver with $0 Drug Options + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Gold - EPO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Blue HSA Bronze - PPO
  • Blue Protect - PPO
  • Blue Saver Bronze - PPO
  • Blue Standardized Statewide Silver EPO - EPO
  • Blue Statewide Silver EPO - EPO
  • Blue Value Gold - PPO
  • Blue Value Silver - PPO
  • Blue Access Gold for Business - PPO
  • Blue Choice Platinum for Business - PPO
  • Blue HSA Silver for Business - PPO

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.

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

DON LARKIN KENNEDY

Authorized Official Title
REGIONAL CEO
Authorized Official Phone
(601) 703-9614

Additional Identifiers

The NPI Enumerator encourages providers to submit additional identifiers with their NPI application although the submission of this information is optional. The additional identifier(s) section includes other numbers or codes currently or formerly used as an identifier for the provider by other public healthcare entities. The identifiers may include UPIN, NSC, OSCAR, DEA, Medicaid State or PIN identification numbers.

Identifier Type / Code Identifier State Identifier Issuer
09014811MEDICAID (05)MS 
529802450MEDICAID (05)AL 

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
25D0985174
Facility Type
Other
Certificate Effective Date
April 29, 2026
Certificate Expiration Date
April 28, 2028
Laboratory Director
DR. MATTHEW G. MARTELLI
Certificate Type
Certificate of Accreditation
Certificate Type Description
This is a CLIA certificate is issued to Ochsner Rush Medical Center Hospitalists 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 1689704744, 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 76. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 76 = 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
8
Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6
Pos 4
9
Unchanged
Pos 5
7
Doubled → 14 → 1 + 4
Pos 6
0
Unchanged
Pos 7
4
Doubled → 8
Pos 8
7
Unchanged
Pos 9
4
Doubled → 8
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 8 → 16 → 7 7 → 14 → 5 4 → 8 4 → 8

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 6 + 1 + 6 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 24 = 76

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

The next multiple of ten after 76 is 80. The difference is the calculated check digit.

80 - 76 = 4
This NPI is valid
The calculated check digit is 4, which matches the last digit of 1689704744.

Other Providers at the Same Location


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

Nurse Practitioner (Family)
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Hospitalist
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Dietitian, Registered
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Dietitian, Registered
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Emergency Medicine
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Emergency Medicine
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Nurse Practitioner (Acute Care)
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Radiology Practitioner Assistant
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Radiology Practitioner Assistant
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Hospitalist
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Physical Therapist
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Physical Therapist
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Physical Therapist
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Physical Therapy Assistant
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Physical Therapist
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Occupational Therapist
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Occupational Therapist
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301
Speech-Language Pathologist
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS 39301

Frequently Asked Questions

The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1689704744, enumerated as an "organization" on March 07, 2007.

The provider is located at 1314 19TH AVE MERIDIAN, MS 39301 and the phone number is (601) 703-4078.

Hospitalist with taxonomy code 208M00000X.

The provider might be accepting Accepts: Ambetter from Arkansas Health & Wellness, Ambetter. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.