ATLANTIC HOSPICE, INC.
NPI 1851964449
Internal Medicine - Hospice and Palliative Medicine in Pleasantville, NJ

NPI Status: Active since July 21, 2021

Contact Information

8025 BLACK HORSE PIKE STE 501
PLEASANTVILLE, NJ
ZIP 08232
Phone: (609) 822-7979
Fax: (609) 822-7980

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Internal Medicine
Hospice and Palliative Medicine

About ATLANTIC HOSPICE, INC.

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Atlantic Hospice, Inc., an internist established in Pleasantville, New Jersey operating as a Internal Medicine, focusing in hospice and palliative medicine . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1851964449 assigned on July 2021. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RH0002X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 5 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 authorized official of this NPI record is Dan Mikus (Ceo)

NPI: 1851964449
Provider Name: ATLANTIC HOSPICE, INC.
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 8025 BLACK HORSE PIKE STE 501 PLEASANTVILLE, NJ 08232
Location Phone: (609) 822-7979
Location Fax: (609) 822-7980
Mailing Address: 8025 BLACK HORSE PIKE STE 501 PLEASANTVILLE, NJ 08232
Mailing Phone: (609) 822-7979
Mailing Fax: (609) 822-7980
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 07-21-2021
Last Update Date: 07-21-2021
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An internist like Atlantic Hospice, Inc. 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 Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Taxonomy Code: 207RH0002X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: An internal medicine physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care.

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.

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: DAN MIKUS
Authorized Official Title: CEO
Authorized Official Phone: (609) 822-7979

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 1851964449, we treat the final digit (9) 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 71. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (80 - 71 = 9).

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 → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 8

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 8

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 5 → 10 → 1 9 → 18 → 9 4 → 8 4 → 8

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 8 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 8 + 6 + 8 + 4 + 8 + 24 = 71

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

The next multiple of ten after 71 is 80. The difference is the calculated check digit.

80 - 71 = 9

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 9, which matches the last digit of 1851964449.