TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1922551969
General Acute Care Hospital in Boston, MA
NPI Status: Active since July 26, 2016
Contact Information
800 WASHINGTON STREET, BOX 836
BOSTON, MA
ZIP 02111
Phone: (617) 636-1019
- Organization
- General Acute Care Hospital
- CLIA Number: 22D2227182
- CLIA Cert. Type: School/Student Health Service
- CLIA Exp. Date: 01-15-2027
About TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Tufts Medical Center, a provider established in Boston, Massachusetts operating as a General Acute Care Hospital. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1922551969 assigned on July 2016. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 282N00000X with license number 267043 (MA). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 10 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is Kristin Sweeney (Gme Housestaff Coordinator)
- NPI
- 1922551969
- Provider Name
- TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 800 WASHINGTON STREET, BOX 836 BOSTON, MA 02111
- Location Phone
- (617) 636-1019
- Mailing Address
- 28 WESTLAND AVE APT 15 BOSTON, MA 02115
- Mailing Phone
- (415) 423-4720
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 07-26-2016
- Last Update Date
- 07-26-2016
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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.
- 267043
- License State
- MA
- 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.
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
- 22D2227182
- Facility Type
- School/Student Health Service
- Certificate Effective Date
- January 16, 2025
- Certificate Expiration Date
- January 15, 2027
- Laboratory Director
- LAURA KOGELMAN
- Certificate Type
- Certificate of Waiver
- Certificate Type Description
- This CLIA certificate is issued to Tufts Medical Center 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 1922551969, 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 61. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 61 = 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.
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 61 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.
Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1922551969, enumerated as an "organization" on July 26, 2016.
The provider is located at 800 WASHINGTON STREET, BOX 836 BOSTON, MA 02111 and the phone number is (617) 636-1019.
General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.
