HOPE WING MD
NPI 1730224221
Naturopath in Anchorage, AK

NPI Status: Active since February 21, 2007

Contact Information

3330 EAGLE ST
ANCHORAGE, AK
ZIP 99503
Phone: (907) 561-2330
Fax: (907) 561-1282

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Individual
Female
Naturopath

About HOPE WING

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Hope Wing, a provider established in Anchorage, Alaska with a medical specialization in Naturopath. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1730224221 assigned on February 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 175F00000X with license number 125469 (AK). The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 19 years ago.

NPI: 1730224221
Provider Name: HOPE WING MD
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: 3330 EAGLE ST ANCHORAGE, AK 99503
Location Phone: (907) 561-2330
Location Fax: (907) 561-1282
Mailing Address: 3330 EAGLE ST ANCHORAGE, AK 99503
Mailing Phone: (907) 561-2330
Mailing Fax: (907) 561-1282
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Enumeration Date: 02-21-2007
Last Update Date: 07-08-2007
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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: Naturopath
Taxonomy Code: 175F00000X
Type: Other Service Providers
License No.: 125469
License State: AK
Taxonomy Description: Diagnoses, treats, and cares for patients, using system of practice that bases treatment of physiological functions and abnormal conditions on natural laws governing human body: Utilizes physiological, psychological, and mechanical methods, such as air, water, light, heat, earth, phototherapy, food and herb therapy, psychotherapy, electrotherapy, physiotherapy, minor and orificial surgery, mechanotherapy, naturopathic corrections and manipulation, and natural methods or modalities, together with natural medicines, natural processed foods, and herbs and nature's remedies. Excludes major surgery, therapeutic use of x ray and radium, and use of drugs, except those assimilable substances containing elements or compounds which are components of body tissues and are physiologically compatible to body processes for maintenance of life.

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 1730224221, we treat the final digit (1) 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 59. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 59 = 1).

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 → 8

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 3 → 6 2 → 4 4 → 8 2 → 4

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 + 2 + 8 + 2 + 4 + 24 = 59

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

The next multiple of ten after 59 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 59 = 1

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 1, which matches the last digit of 1730224221.