BETTER WAY MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
NPI 1700265337
Counselor - Professional in Mountain Lakes, NJ

NPI Status: Active since May 28, 2015

Contact Information

115 ROUTE 46 W BLDG F
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ
ZIP 07046
Phone: (973) 590-9386
Fax: (973) 316-6035

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Group Taxonomy
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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About BETTER WAY MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Better Way Mental Health Care Services, a provider established in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey operating as a Counselor, focusing in professional . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1700265337 assigned on May 2015. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 101YP2500X with license number 37PC00363200 (NJ). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 11 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 authorized official of this NPI record is Robert Chorney Lpc (Owner)

NPI: 1700265337
Provider Name: BETTER WAY MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 115 ROUTE 46 W BLDG F MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ 07046
Location Phone: (973) 590-9386
Location Fax: (973) 316-6035
Mailing Address: 30 CONDICT RD LANDING, NJ 07850
Mailing Phone: (973) 590-9386
Mailing Fax: (973) 316-6035
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 05-28-2015
Last Update Date: 05-28-2015
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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: Counselor Professional
Taxonomy Code: 101YP2500X
Type: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
License No.: 37PC00363200
License State: NJ

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: ROBERT CHORNEY LPC
Authorized Official Title: OWNER
Authorized Official Phone: (973) 590-9386

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 1700265337, we treat the final digit (7) 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 53. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 53 = 7).

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 → 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 6

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 0 → 0 2 → 4 5 → 10 → 1 3 → 6

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 7 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 6 + 24 = 53

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

The next multiple of ten after 53 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 53 = 7

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 7, which matches the last digit of 1700265337.