DEBORAH LYNNE BROWN WHCNP
NPI 1730217456
Nurse Practitioner - Women's Health in Beaumont, TX

NPI Status: Active since March 02, 2007

Contact Information

950 WASHINGTON BLVD
BEAUMONT, TX
ZIP 77705
Phone: (409) 833-3826
Fax: (409) 833-9575

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Individual
Female
Nurse Practitioner
Women's Health

About DEBORAH BROWN

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Deborah Brown, a provider established in Beaumont, Texas with a medical specialization in Nurse Practitioner, focusing in women's health . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1730217456 assigned on March 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 363LW0102X with license number R46824 (TX). The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 16 years ago.

NPI: 1730217456
Provider Name: DEBORAH LYNNE BROWN WHCNP
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 950 WASHINGTON BLVD BEAUMONT, TX 77705
Location Phone: (409) 833-3826
Location Fax: (409) 833-9575
Mailing Address: 301 UNIVERSITY BLVD GALVESTON, TX 77555
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 03-02-2007
Last Update Date: 05-28-2010
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A nurse practitioner (NP) like Deborah Brown is an experienced registered nurse with a master’s or doctoral degree and advanced clinical training. Nurse practitioners can work in many different specialties including primary care, pediatrics, cardiology, emergency, women’s health, oncology or geriatrics. Nurse practitioners provide services like physical exams, order laboratory tests, manage diseases, write prescriptions, 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: Nurse Practitioner Women's Health
Taxonomy Code: 363LW0102X
Type: Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers
License No.: R46824
License State: TX

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 1730217456, we treat the final digit (6) 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 54. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 54 = 6).

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 → 6

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 14 → 1 + 4

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

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 3 → 6 2 → 4 7 → 14 → 5 5 → 10 → 1

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 7 + 6 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 24 = 54

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

The next multiple of ten after 54 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 54 = 6

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 6, which matches the last digit of 1730217456.