LINKS OF COMPASSION INC
NPI 1821682063
Clinical Medical Laboratory in Houston, TX
NPI Status: Active since March 01, 2021
Contact Information
507 N SAM HOUSTON PKWY E STE 450
HOUSTON, TX
ZIP 77060
Phone: (832) 529-7125
Fax: (346) 570-4350
- Organization
- Clinical Medical Laboratory
- CLIA Number: 45D2210095
- CLIA Cert. Type: Home Health Agency
- CLIA Exp. Date: 01-18-2027
About LINKS OF COMPASSION INC
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Links Of Compassion Inc, a provider established in Houston, Texas operating as a Clinical Medical Laboratory. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1821682063 assigned on March 2021. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 291U00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 5 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is Chadnezzar Morgan Rn (Owner/administrator)
- NPI
- 1821682063
- Provider Name
- LINKS OF COMPASSION INC
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 507 N SAM HOUSTON PKWY E STE 450 HOUSTON, TX 77060
- Location Phone
- (832) 529-7125
- Location Fax
- (346) 570-4350
- Mailing Address
- PO BOX 73363 HOUSTON, TX 77273
- Mailing Phone
- (832) 529-7125
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 03-01-2021
- Last Update Date
- 03-01-2021
- Code Navigator
Establishments like Links Of Compassion Inc are healthcare facilities that may perform a wide range of laboratory procedures, assisted by doctors and medical technologists. Laboratories can be categorized according to their function as common diagnostic labs or specialty labs that conduct specialized or confirmatory tests. Different clinical laboratories could specialize in clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology, hematology, serology, clinical microscopy, cytopathology, molecular biology, or public health. Please inquire directly with this provider to confirm their test menu.
Clinical labs in the U.S. that perform human testing are regulated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program. The purpose of the CLIA program is to guarantee the quality of laboratory testing. This provider has a CLIA number assigned, and undergoes regular inspections to ensure compliance and quality.
According to the Home Health Compare program data, Links Of Compassion Inc doesn't have a Quality of Patient Star Rating available at this time because the number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report. To have a quality star rating computed, Home Health Agencies must have reported data for 5 of the 7 measures used in the Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings calculation. The seven measures used to calculate the quality star rating are: timely initiation of care, improvement in ambulation, bed transferring, bathing, shortness of breath, management of oral medications and relapse in acute care hospitalizations.
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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy
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- Classification
Clinical Medical Laboratory
- Taxonomy Code
- 291U00000X
- Type
- Laboratories
- Taxonomy Description
- (1) A clinical laboratory is a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, human beings. These examinations also include procedures to determine, measure, or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body. Facilities only collecting or preparing specimens (or both) or only serving as a mailing service and not performing testing are not considered clinical laboratories. (2) Any facility that examines materials from the human body for purposes of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of, the health of human beings. Typical divisions of a clinical laboratory include hematology, cytology, bacteriology, histology, biochemistry, medical toxicology, and serology.
Nursing Home Compare Information
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publishes Home Health Compare quality of care data to provide consumers an easy way to compare "Medicare-certified" home health agencies throughout the nation. "Medicare-certified" home health agencies are approved by Medicare and meet certain federal health and safety requirements.
The Home Health Compare information helps consumers learn how well home health agencies care for their patients, how often each agency used best practices when caring for its patients and what patients said about their recent home health care experience.
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
- 45D2210095
- Facility Type
- Home Health Agency
- Certificate Effective Date
- January 19, 2025
- Certificate Expiration Date
- January 18, 2027
- Laboratory Director
- CHADNEZZAR L. MORGAN
- Certificate Type
- Certificate of Waiver
- Certificate Type Description
- This CLIA certificate is issued to Links Of Compassion Inc to perform only waived tests. CLIA defines waived tests as simple tests with a low risk for an incorrect result. Waived tests include certain tests listed in CLIA regulations, tests cleared by the FDA for home use and tests approved by the FDA for waived status and that meet CLIA waiver criteria.
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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 1821682063, we treat the final digit (3) 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 57. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 57 = 3).
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 57 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1821682063, enumerated as an "organization" on March 01, 2021.
The provider is located at 507 N SAM HOUSTON PKWY E STE 450 HOUSTON, TX 77060 and the phone number is (832) 529-7125.
Clinical Medical Laboratory with taxonomy code 291U00000X.
