CITY OF POCAHONTAS AR
NPI 1932391307
General Acute Care Hospital in Pocahontas, AR

NPI Status: Active since August 09, 2007

Contact Information

2801 MEDICAL CENTER DR
POCAHONTAS, AR
ZIP 72455
Phone: (870) 892-6000
Fax: (870) 892-8100

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Insurance Plans Accepted
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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Organization
General Acute Care Hospital

About CITY OF POCAHONTAS AR

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for City Of Pocahontas Ar, a provider established in Pocahontas, Arkansas operating as a General Acute Care Hospital. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1932391307 assigned on August 2007. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 282N00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 15 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is John Tucker Ceo (Administrator/ceo)

NPI: 1932391307
Provider Name: CITY OF POCAHONTAS AR
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 2801 MEDICAL CENTER DR POCAHONTAS, AR 72455
Location Phone: (870) 892-6000
Location Fax: (870) 892-8100
Mailing Address: 2801 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE POCAHONTAS, AR 72455
Mailing Phone: (870) 892-6000
Mailing Fax: (870) 892-8100
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 08-09-2007
Last Update Date: 01-25-2011
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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
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.

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: JOHN TUCKER CEO
Authorized Official Title: ADMINISTRATOR/CEO
Authorized Official Phone: (870) 892-6000

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
5F753	MEDICARE PIN (08)	AR
040047	MEDICARE OSCAR/CERTIFICATION (06)	AR

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 1932391307, we treat the final digit (7) 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 63. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 63 = 7).

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 → 6

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 2

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 0

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 3 → 6 3 → 6 1 → 2 0 → 0

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 9 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 9 + 2 + 3 + 0 + 24 = 63

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

The next multiple of ten after 63 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 63 = 7

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 7, which matches the last digit of 1932391307.