ALTON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER - LOCUST UNIT
NPI 1932244860
Psychiatric Unit in Alton, IL

NPI Status: Active since February 20, 2007

Contact Information

4500 COLLEGE AVE
ALTON, IL
ZIP 62002
Phone: (618) 474-3800

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About ALTON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER - LOCUST UNIT

Alton Mental Health Center - Locust Unit is a hospital serving the Alton, Illinois region. The facility is a psychiatric unit. The NPI number of this hospital is 1932244860 assigned on February 2007. The hospital's primary taxonomy code is 273R00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 8 years ago. The provider's is doing business as Alton Mental Health Center - Locust Unit. The authorized official of this NPI record is Tonya Piephoff (Hospital Administrator)

NPI
1932244860
Provider Legal Name
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Other Organization Name
ALTON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER - LOCUST UNIT
Other Name Type
Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type
Organization
Location Address
4500 COLLEGE AVE ALTON, IL 62002
Location Phone
(618) 474-3800
Mailing Address
4500 COLLEGE AVE ALTON, IL 62002
Is Sole Proprietor?
No
Is Organization Subpart?
No
Enumeration Date
02-20-2007
Last Update Date
08-21-2018
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According to the Hospital Compare program data, Alton Mental Health Center - Locust Unit doesn't have an overall quality rating because data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the inpatient quality reporting (iqr) and outpatient quality reporting (oqr) programs.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

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Classification

Psychiatric Unit

Taxonomy Code
273R00000X
Type
Hospital Units
Taxonomy Description
In general, a distinct unit of a hospital that provides acute or long-term care to emotionally disturbed patients, including patients admitted for diagnosis and those admitted for treatment of psychiatric problems on the basis of physicians' orders and approved nursing care plans. Long-term care may include intensive supervision to the chronically mentally ill, mentally disordered or other mentally incompetent persons; (2) For Medicare, a distinct part of a general acute care hospital admitting only patients whose admission to the unit is required for active treatment, whose treatment is of an intensity that can be provided only in an inpatient hospital setting, and whose condition is described by a psychiatric principal diagnosis contained in the Third Edition of the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or in Chapter 5 (Mental Disorders) of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The unit must furnish, through the use of qualified personnel, psychological services, social work services, psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy, and recreational therapy. The unit must maintain medical records that permit determination of the degree and intensity of treatment provided to individuals who are furnished services in the unit; the unit must meet special staff requirements in that the unit must have adequate numbers of qualified professional and supportive staff to evaluate inpatients, formulate written, individualized, comprehensive treatment plans, provide active treatment measures and engage in discharge planning.

Insurance Plans Accepted

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Authorized Official

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Authorized Official Name

TONYA PIEPHOFF

Authorized Official Title
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR
Authorized Official Phone
(618) 474-3473

Additional Identifiers

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Identifier Type / Code Identifier State Identifier Issuer
000194572001MEDICAID (05)IL 

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  • Hospital Type Psychiatric - Government - State

  • Emergency Services: No

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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 1932244860, we treat the final digit (0) 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 70. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 70 = 0).

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
1
Doubled → 2
Pos 2
9
Unchanged
Pos 3
3
Doubled → 6
Pos 4
2
Unchanged
Pos 5
2
Doubled → 4
Pos 6
4
Unchanged
Pos 7
4
Doubled → 8
Pos 8
8
Unchanged
Pos 9
6
Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2
Check
0
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 3 → 6 2 → 4 4 → 8 6 → 12 → 3

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 9 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 8 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 70

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

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

70 - 70 = 0
This NPI is valid
The calculated check digit is 0, which matches the last digit of 1932244860.

Other Providers at the Same Location


The following 8 providers are registered at the same or a nearby location.

Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
4500 COLLEGE AVE
ALTON, IL 62002
General Practice
4500 COLLEGE AVE
ALTON, IL 62002
Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
4500 COLLEGE AVE
ALTON, IL 62002
Psychiatry & Neurology (Geriatric Psychiatry)
4500 COLLEGE AVE
ALTON, IL 62002
Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
4500 COLLEGE AVE
ALTON, IL 62002
Psychiatric Hospital
4500 COLLEGE AVE
ALTON, IL 62002
Nurse Practitioner (Psychiatric/Mental Health)
4500 COLLEGE AVE
ALTON, IL 62002
Pharmacy (Long Term Care Pharmacy)
4500 COLLEGE AVE
ALTON, IL 62002

Frequently Asked Questions

The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1932244860, enumerated as an "organization" on February 20, 2007.

The provider is located at 4500 COLLEGE AVE ALTON, IL 62002 and the phone number is (618) 474-3800.

Psychiatric Unit with taxonomy code 273R00000X.

The provider might be accepting Accepts: Medicare and Medicaid. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.