WFUHS-INTERNAL MEDICINE
NPI 1801064886
Internal Medicine in Winston Salem, NC

NPI Status: Active since February 13, 2008

Contact Information

MEDICAL CENTER BLVD
WINSTON SALEM, NC
ZIP 27157
Phone: (336) 716-2255

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Insurance Plans Accepted
Authorized Official
CLIA Information
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Internal Medicine
CLIA Number: 34D0946991
CLIA Cert. Type: Physician Office
CLIA Exp. Date: 06-07-2026

About WFUHS-INTERNAL MEDICINE

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Wfuhs-internal Medicine, an internist established in Winston Salem, North Carolina operating as a Internal Medicine. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1801064886 assigned on February 2008. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207R00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 18 years ago. The organization operates as a Single Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, all of who practice with the same area of specialization. The provider's is doing business as Wfuhs-internal Medicine. The authorized official of this NPI record is Dr. William Applegate Md (Interim Pres, Wfu Health Sciences)

NPI: 1801064886
Provider Legal Name: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
Other Organization Name: WFUHS-INTERNAL MEDICINE
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: MEDICAL CENTER BLVD WINSTON SALEM, NC 27157
Location Phone: (336) 716-2255
Mailing Address: PO BOX 344 WINSTON SALEM, NC 27102
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 02-13-2008
Last Update Date: 02-13-2008
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An internist like Wfuhs-internal Medicine is a physician who has completed an internal medicine residency and is board-certified or board-eligible in an internist specialty. Internists are trained to care for adults of all ages for many different medical conditions. An internist typically monitors chronic physical conditions, identifies acute diseases, provides family planning, provides counseling about wellness and disease prevention, 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: Internal Medicine
Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.

Group Taxonomy 193400000X SINGLE SPECIALTY GROUP

This provdier is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, all of who practice with the same area of specialization.

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

Medicare

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

Medicaid

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: DR. WILLIAM APPLEGATE MD
Authorized Official Title: INTERIM PRES, WFU HEALTH SCIENCES
Authorized Official Phone: (336) 716-4424

Additional Identifiers

The NPI Enumerator encourages providers to submit additional identifiers with their NPI application although the submission of this information is optional. The additional identifier(s) section includes other numbers or codes currently or formerly used as an identifier for the provider by other public healthcare entities. The identifiers may include UPIN, NSC, OSCAR, DEA, Medicaid State or PIN identification numbers.

Identifier	Type / Code	Identifier State	Identifier Issuer
89013K0	MEDICAID (05)	NC

CLIA Information

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 applies to facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. The CLIA Program sets standards for clinical laboratory testing and issues certificates. The NPI / CLIA crosswalk information for this NPI number is:

CLIA Number: 34D0946991
Facility Type: Physician Office
Certificate Effective Date: June 08, 2024
Certificate Expiration Date: June 07, 2026
Laboratory Director: DR. RODOLFO PASCUAL
Certificate Type: Certificate for Provider-Performed Microscopy Procedures (PPMP)
Certificate Type Description: This CLIA certificate is issued to Wfuhs-internal Medicine in which a physician, midlevel practitioner or dentist that performs specific microscopy procedures during the course of a patient's visit. A limited list of provider-performed microscopy procedures is included under this certificate type, which are categorized as moderate complexity testing.

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 1801064886, 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 64. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 64 = 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 → 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 0

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 8

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

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 0 → 0 0 → 0 4 → 8 8 → 16 → 7

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 8 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 6 + 8 + 8 + 1 + 6 + 24 = 64

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

The next multiple of ten after 64 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 64 = 6

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 6, which matches the last digit of 1801064886.