FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1780868075
General Acute Care Hospital in Knoxville, TN
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
NPI Status: Active since December 21, 2007
Contact Information
1901 W CLINCH AVE
KNOXVILLE, TN
ZIP 37916
Phone: (865) 541-1000
Some details in this NPI profile have been updated in the NPI registry within the last 30 days.
- Organization
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Medicare Supplier
- Does Not Accept Medicare Approved Payment
About FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, a provider established in Knoxville, Tennessee operating as a General Acute Care Hospital. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1780868075 assigned on December 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 282N00000X with license number 1940 (TN). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated May 2026. The authorized official of this NPI record is Robert Boos (Svp Revenue Cycle)
- NPI
- 1780868075
- Provider Name
- FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 1901 W CLINCH AVE KNOXVILLE, TN 37916
- Location Phone
- (865) 541-1000
- Mailing Address
- 1901 W CLINCH AVE KNOXVILLE, TN 37916
- Mailing Phone
- (865) 541-1000
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- Yes
- Enumeration Date
- 12-21-2007
- Last Update Date
- 05-28-2026
- Code Navigator
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a medicare supplier with PTAN 20574953 who does not accept Medicare assignment for all durable medical equipment and supplies. The provider may not accept the Medicare allowable as payment in full and may collect additional payment directly from the patient, and/or charge more than the Medicare allowable.The supplier carries the following product categories: External Infusion Pumps and/or Supplies or Enteral Nutrients or Enteral Equipment and/or Supplies or Parenteral Nutrients or Parenteral Equipment and/or Supplies.
According to the Nursing Home Compare program data, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center has a much above average overall quality rating based on the provider's performance on three separate measures including: health inspections, staffing, and quality of resident care information. These quality measures, combined in a star rating of 5 out of 5 stars provide a snapshot of this nursing home quality.
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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
General Acute Care Hospital
- Taxonomy Code
- 282N00000X
- Type
- Hospitals
- License No.
- 1940
- License State
- TN
- Taxonomy Description
- An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.
Medical Equipment Supplier
The provider carries the following medical supplies product categories:
- PTAN
- 20574953
- Accepts Medicare Assignment
- NO
- Specialities List
- Certified Other, Pharmacy.
- Competitive Bidding
- NO
Supplies List
- External Infusion Pumps and/or Supplies - An infusion pump is necessary to safely administer the drug
- Enteral Nutrients - Enteral formula
- Enteral Equipment and/or Supplies - Enteral infusion pumps, enteral nutrition supply kits
- Parenteral Nutrients - Parenteral nutrient solutions
- Parenteral Equipment and/or Supplies - Parenteral infusion pumps, parenteral nutrition supply kits
Nursing Home Quality Information
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publishes the Nursing Home Compare star rating data to provide consumers an easy way to compare nursing home's quality of care.
| Overall Quality Rating | - 5 out of 5 stars - Much Above Average |
| The overall star rating is based on a nursing homes's performance on health inspections, staffing and quality measures. | |
| Health Inspection Rating | Not Available |
| The health inspection star rating is based on a nursing home’s weighted score from the most recent health inspections. | |
| Quality Measures Rating | - 5 out of 5 stars - Much Above Average |
| The quality measures star rating is based on data from a select set of clinical measures. | |
| Long-Stay Quality Measures Rating | Not Available |
| The long-stay quality of care rating is based on the quality of care delivered to long-term residents only. *Not enough data available to calculate a star rating. | |
| Short-Stay Quality Measures Rating | - 5 out of 5 stars - Much Above Average |
| The short-stay quality of care rating is based on the quality of care delivered to temporary residents only. | |
| Staffing Rating | - 1 out of 5 stars - Much Below Average |
| The staffing rating is based on the star rating based on the nursing home’s staffing hours for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practice Nurses (LPNs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) and Nurse aides. *This facility either did not submit staffing data, has reported a high number of days without a registered nurse onsite, or submitted data that could not be verified through an audit. | |
| Nurse Aide Staffing Hours | 1.33 hours per resident per day |
| Nurse aide hours per resident per day. Higher number of hours are better. | |
| RN Staffing Hours | 2.33 hours per resident per day |
| Resgistered nurse hours per resident per day. Higher number of hours are better. | |
| RN Staff Turnover | 42.9% |
| Resgistered nurse turnover is the percentage of registered nursing staff who stop working at the facility within a given year. | |
| Ownership Type | Non profit - Corporation |
| Is the facility private for profit, not-for profit or publicly owned. | |
| Number of Certified Beds | 24 beds |
| Number of beds in the nursing home that have been approved by the federal government to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. | |
| Residents per Day | 20 residents |
| Average number of residents living in the facility per day. | |
| Automatic Sprinkler Systems | Yes |
| Does the facility have automatic sprinkler systems in all required areas? | |
| Facility Reported Incidents | 0 incidents |
| Number of facility-reported incidents in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Substantiated Complaints | 0 complaints |
| Number of substantiated complaints in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Citations from Inspections | citations after infection control inspection |
| Number of citations from infection control inspections in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Total Number of Penalties | 0 penalties from a serious health, fire safety or long-term unresolved citation |
| The Medicare program may impose penalties on a facilty when there's serious health or fire safety citations or if the facility fails to correct a citation for a long period of time. | |
| Number of Fines | 0 fines |
| Toal number of fines in the last 3 years. A penalty can be a fine against the facility or denied payments from Medicare. | |
| Amount of Fines | $0.00 |
| Total monetary amount of fine imposed on the facility in the last 3 years. | |
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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 1780868075, we treat the final digit (5) 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 65. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 65 = 5).
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.
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.
Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant
Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.
Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10
The next multiple of ten after 65 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1780868075, enumerated as an "organization" on December 21, 2007.
The provider is located at 1901 W CLINCH AVE KNOXVILLE, TN 37916 and the phone number is (865) 541-1000.
General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.
