THE DCH HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
NPI 1720370679
Psychiatric Unit in Northport, AL
- Organization
- Psychiatric Unit
- Accepts Insurance
About THE DCH HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for The Dch Health Care Authority, a provider established in Northport, Alabama operating as a Psychiatric Unit. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1720370679 assigned on May 2011. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 273R00000X with license number 11874 (AL). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated February 2026. The authorized official of this NPI record is David W Herman (Vp Finance)
- NPI
- 1720370679 Verify this NPI
- Provider Name
- THE DCH HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
- Other Name Type
- (6)
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 2700 HOSPITAL DR NORTHPORT, AL 35476
- Location Phone
- (205) 330-3227
- Location Fax
- (205) 759-6397
- Mailing Address
- 809 UNIVERSITY BLVD E TUSCALOOSA, AL 35401
- Mailing Phone
- (205) 333-4500
- Mailing Fax
- (205) 330-3777
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- Yes
- Enumeration Date
- 05-11-2011
- Last Update Date
- 02-13-2026
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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy
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- Classification
Psychiatric Unit
- Taxonomy Code
- 273R00000X
- Type
- Hospital Units
- License No.
- 11874
- License State
- AL
- Taxonomy Description
- In general, a distinct unit of a hospital that provides acute or long-term care to emotionally disturbed patients, including patients admitted for diagnosis and those admitted for treatment of psychiatric problems on the basis of physicians' orders and approved nursing care plans. Long-term care may include intensive supervision to the chronically mentally ill, mentally disordered or other mentally incompetent persons; (2) For Medicare, a distinct part of a general acute care hospital admitting only patients whose admission to the unit is required for active treatment, whose treatment is of an intensity that can be provided only in an inpatient hospital setting, and whose condition is described by a psychiatric principal diagnosis contained in the Third Edition of the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or in Chapter 5 (Mental Disorders) of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The unit must furnish, through the use of qualified personnel, psychological services, social work services, psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy, and recreational therapy. The unit must maintain medical records that permit determination of the degree and intensity of treatment provided to individuals who are furnished services in the unit; the unit must meet special staff requirements in that the unit must have adequate numbers of qualified professional and supportive staff to evaluate inpatients, formulate written, individualized, comprehensive treatment plans, provide active treatment measures and engage in discharge planning.
Insurance Plans Accepted
According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:
- Blue Cross Select Gold - PPO
- Blue Cross Select Silver - PPO
- Blue HSA Bronze - PPO
- Blue Protect - PPO
- Blue Saver Bronze - PPO
- Blue Standardized Bronze - PPO
- Blue Standardized Gold - PPO
- Blue Standardized Silver - 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
- Blue Saver Bronze for Business - PPO
- Blue Saver Gold for Business - PPO
- Blue Secure Gold for Business - PPO
- Blue Secure Silver for Business - PPO
*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.
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Other Providers at the Same Location
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1720370679, enumerated as an "organization" on May 11, 2011.
The provider is located at 2700 HOSPITAL DR NORTHPORT, AL 35476 and the phone number is (205) 330-3227.
Psychiatric Unit with taxonomy code 273R00000X.
The provider might be accepting Accepts: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.
