MERITAS HEALTH CORPORATION
NPI 1699097899
Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease in Excelsior Springs, MO

NPI Status: Active since February 16, 2010

Contact Information

1700 RAINBOW BLVD
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO
ZIP 64024
Phone: (816) 221-6750
Fax: (816) 221-7280

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Authorized Official
CLIA Information
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
CLIA Number: 26D0863916
CLIA Cert. Type: Physician Office
CLIA Exp. Date: 08-31-2026

About MERITAS HEALTH CORPORATION

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Meritas Health Corporation, an internist established in Excelsior Springs, Missouri operating as a Internal Medicine, focusing in cardiovascular disease . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1699097899 assigned on February 2010. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RC0000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated one year 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 . The authorized official of this NPI record is Dr. Stephen L Reintjes Sr. Md (President)

NPI: 1699097899
Provider Legal Name: MERITAS HEALTH CORPORATION
Other Organization Name
Other Name Type: (6)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 1700 RAINBOW BLVD EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO 64024
Location Phone: (816) 221-6750
Location Fax: (816) 221-7280
Mailing Address: 9411 N OAK TRFY SUITE LL1 KANSAS CITY, MO 64155
Mailing Phone: (816) 436-7072
Mailing Fax: (816) 221-7280
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 02-16-2010
Last Update Date: 06-13-2025
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An internist like Meritas Health Corporation is a physician who has completed an internal medicine residency and is board-certified or board-eligible in an internist specialty. Internists are trained to care for adults of all ages for many different medical conditions. An internist typically monitors chronic physical conditions, identifies acute diseases, provides family planning, provides counseling about wellness and disease prevention, etc.

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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: Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: An internist who specializes in diseases of the heart and blood vessels and manages complex cardiac conditions such as heart attacks and life-threatening, abnormal heartbeat rhythms.

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: DR. STEPHEN L REINTJES SR. MD
Authorized Official Title: PRESIDENT
Authorized Official Phone: (816) 691-5287

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: 26D0863916
Facility Type: Physician Office
Certificate Effective Date: September 01, 2024
Certificate Expiration Date: August 31, 2026
Laboratory Director: ANDREW D. BOERKIRCHER
Certificate Type: Certificate of Waiver
Certificate Type Description: This CLIA certificate is issued to Meritas Health Corporation to perform only waived tests. CLIA defines waived tests as simple tests with a low risk for an incorrect result. Waived tests include certain tests listed in CLIA regulations, tests cleared by the FDA for home use and tests approved by the FDA for waived status and that meet CLIA waiver criteria.

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 1699097899, we treat the final digit (9) 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 81. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (90 - 81 = 9).

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 → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 0

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 14 → 1 + 4

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

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 9 → 18 → 9 0 → 0 7 → 14 → 5 9 → 18 → 9

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 6 + 1 + 8 + 9 + 0 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 8 + 1 + 8 + 24 = 81

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

The next multiple of ten after 81 is 90. The difference is the calculated check digit.

90 - 81 = 9

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 9, which matches the last digit of 1699097899.