MARIKA HELENE SHIMKUS MA
NPI 1710293220
Social Worker in Portland, OR

NPI Status: Active since August 20, 2010

Contact Information

3716 NE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD
PORTLAND, OR
ZIP 97212
Phone: (503) 288-8066
Fax: (503) 288-8168

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About MARIKA SHIMKUS

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Marika Shimkus, a provider established in Portland, Oregon with a medical specialization in Social Worker. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1710293220 assigned on August 2010. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 104100000X. The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 16 years ago.

NPI: 1710293220
Provider Name: MARIKA HELENE SHIMKUS MA
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 3716 NE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD PORTLAND, OR 97212
Location Phone: (503) 288-8066
Location Fax: (503) 288-8168
Mailing Address: 3716 NE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD PORTLAND, OR 97212
Mailing Phone: (503) 288-8066
Mailing Fax: (503) 288-8168
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 08-20-2010
Last Update Date: 08-20-2010
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A social worker like Marika Shimkus helps patients solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives, diagnoses and treats mental, behavioral, and emotional problems. Social workers help in wide range of situations, such as adopting a child, illness, divorce, or unemployment.

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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: Social Worker
Taxonomy Code: 104100000X
Type: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
Taxonomy Description: A social worker is a person who is qualified by a Social Work degree, and licensed, certified or registered by the state as a social worker to practice within the scope of that license. A social worker provides assistance and counseling to clients and their families who are dealing with social, emotional and environmental problems. Social work services may be rendered to individuals, families, groups, and the public.

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 1710293220, we treat the final digit (0) 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 60. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 60 = 0).

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 → 2

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 6

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 4

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 1 → 2 2 → 4 3 → 6 2 → 4

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 7 + 2 + 0 + 4 + 9 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 24 = 60

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

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

60 - 60 = 0

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 0, which matches the last digit of 1710293220.