PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON
NPI 1184500621
Optometrist in Bethesda, MD
NPI Status: Active since August 12, 2025
Contact Information
4948 SAINT ELMO AVE STE 209
BETHESDA, MD
ZIP 20814
Phone: (202) 234-1010
This NPI profile has been added to the NPI registry within the last 30 days.
- Organization
- Optometrist
About PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON
This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Prevention Of Blindness Society Of Metropolitan Washington, a provider established in Bethesda, Maryland operating as a Optometrist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1184500621 assigned on August 2025. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 152W00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated August 2025. Prevention Of Blindness Society Of Metropolitan Washington operates as a multi-specialty business group with one or more individual providers who practice different areas of specialization. The authorized official of this NPI record is Nick Farano (Vice President)
- NPI
- 1184500621
- Provider Name
- PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 4948 SAINT ELMO AVE STE 209 BETHESDA, MD 20814
- Location Phone
- (202) 234-1010
- Mailing Address
- 415 2ND ST NE STE 200 WASHINGTON, DC 20002
- Mailing Phone
- (202) 234-1010
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 08-12-2025
- Last Update Date
- 08-12-2025
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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
Optometrist
- Taxonomy Code
- 152W00000X
- Type
- Eye and Vision Services Providers
- Taxonomy Description
- Doctors of optometry (ODs) are the primary health care professionals for the eye. Optometrists examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures as well as identify related systemic conditions affecting the eye. An optometrist has completed pre-professional undergraduate education in a college or university and four years of professional education at a college of optometry, leading to the doctor of optometry (O.D.) degree. Some optometrists complete an optional residency in a specific area of practice. Optometrists are eye health care professionals state-licensed to diagnose and treat diseases and disorders of the eye and visual system.
Secondary Taxonomies
The provider has reported to the NPI enumerator additional taxonomy codes. Multiple taxonomy codes may represent subspecialties or other areas of specialization the provider maybe licensed to practice.
| No. | Taxonomy Code | Type | Classification / Specialization |
License No. (State) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 152WL0500X | Eye and Vision Services Providers | Optometrist |
Group Taxonomy 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP
This provider is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, who practice with different areas of specialization.
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NPI Validation Check Digit Calculation
The following table explains the step by step NPI number validation process using the ISO standard Luhn algorithm.
| Start with the original NPI number, the last digit is the check digit and is not used in the calculation. | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Step 1: Double the value of the alternate digits, beginning with the rightmost digit. | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| Step 2: Add all the doubled and unaffected individual digits from step 1 plus the constant number 24. | |||||||||
| 2 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 6 + 4 + 24 = 49 | |||||||||
| Step 3: Subtract the total obtained in step 2 from the next higher number ending in zero, the result is the check digit. | |||||||||
| 50 - 49 = 1 | 1 | ||||||||
The NPI number 1184500621 is valid because the calculated check digit 1 using the Luhn validation algorithm matches the last digit of the original NPI number.
Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1184500621, enumerated in the NPI registry as an "organization" on August 12, 2025
The provider is located at 4948 Saint Elmo Ave Ste 209 Bethesda, Md 20814 and the phone number is (202) 234-1010
This medical organization specializes in Optometrist with taxonomy code 152W00000X
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