VISITING NURSE SERVICE – NPI #1841360740
Home Health
A public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, that is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, such as physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, or occupational therapy, medical social services, and home health aide services. It has policies established by a professional group associated with the agency or organization (including at least one physician and one registered nurse) to govern the services and provides for supervision of such services by a physician or a registered nurse; maintains clinical records on all patients; is licensed in accordance with State or local law or is approved by the State or local licensing agency as meeting the licensing standards, where applicable; and meets other conditions found by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be necessary for health and safety.
VISITING NURSE SERVICE is a home health agency located in SCHENECTADY, NY. NPPES has assigned the NPI number 1841360740 to VISITING NURSE SERVICE on November 08, 2006. It is a Type-2 NPI, indicating this NPI number is associated with an organization. Since the name “VISITING NURSE SERVICE” is a dba name, the actual legal business name for this organization is VISITING NURSE SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SCHENECTADY COUNTY. The primary taxonomy selected by this provider is 251E00000X from the Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, which is classified as Home Health.
The NPI profile was previously updated about 18 years ago on Dec 03, 2008. Use the NPI data found here to bill health insurance companies, identify providers enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid services or other HIPAA compliant transactions. See the complete NPI profile for VISITING NURSE SERVICE below.
NPI Profile for
VISITING NURSE SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SCHENECTADY COUNTY
(more than 19 years ago)
SCHENECTADY, NY 12305 Phone: (518) 382-7932 Fax: (518) 382-5699
PRESIDENT CEO
Phone: (518) 382-7932
Identifiers for VISITING NURSE SERVICE
Identifiers are used to associate other provider identifiers such as Medicaid or other insurers (ie:, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Aetna, Kaiser-Permanente, etc.), with their NPI number. These identifiers can be used in matching an NPI number to an insurer's records. However, not all providers have such numbers and not all providers choose to include them in their NPI information.
| Description | Issuer | State | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTHER | MEDICAID LONG TERM | NY | 00727555 |
| MEDICAID | NY | 00321802 |
A taxonomy code is a code that describes the health care service provider's type, classification, and the area of specialization. The primary specialty for this provider is indicated as (Primary) below.
| Taxonomy Classification / Specialization | State | License |
|---|---|---|
| 251E00000X - Home Health (Primary) |
NY | 4601600 |
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