Paula Rainey, OT/L, SWC
Paula Rainey, OT/L, SWC is a Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapist in San Francisco, CA, registered under NPI 1063744985. This provider registers 2 separate taxonomy codes, which usually means they practise across more than one recognised specialty.
Getting there
The practice address on file is 500 PARNASSUS AVE I LEVEL RM. MU-09, San Francisco, CA 94143. We have not yet mapped what surrounds this office — parking, transit, and nearby pharmacies are added as our data collection reaches each location.
Credentials and Medicare
| Licence | State | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| 1828 | CA | Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational… primary |
| 1828 | CA | Occupational Therapist |
This provider holds licence 1828 issued in CA. A licence number in NPPES reflects what was filed at registration — it does not confirm the licence is still active today.
This NPI does not appear in the PECOS Medicare enrolment file. Providers who do not bill Medicare — or who bill only through a group's enrolment — will not appear here. It is not a sign of any problem with the registration.
What Feeding, Eating & Swallowing covers
Occupational therapists provide interventions to clients of all ages with feeding, eating and swallowing difficulties. Occupational therapists provide comprehensive rehabilitative, habilitative, and palliative dysphagia care, which includes collaborating with clients to provide individualized compensatory swallowing strategies, modified diet textures, adapted mealtime environments, enhanced feeding skills, preparatory exercises and positioning to clients, reinforcement of mealtime strategies to enhance and improve swallowing skills, and training to caregivers to enhance eating and feeding performance. Occupational therapists provide screening and in-depth clinical assessment which may include instrumental dysphagia assessments including videofluroscopy. NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, code 225XF0002X
All registered taxonomy codes
This provider registers 2 taxonomy codes. The primary code is what appears on most claims; the others record additional recognised specialties.
| Code | Specialty | Licence | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225XF0002X | Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapist Feeding, Eating & Swallowing | 1828 | CA | primary |
| 225X00000X | Occupational Therapist | 1828 | CA |
The taxonomy records how the provider classifies their own practice. It does not confirm which conditions they currently treat, whether they are accepting new patients, or which insurance they take — call the office for that.
Full NPPES record
An NPI-1 identifies a single person. It stays with the clinician for life, even if they move practice or change state, which is why the address on file can lag behind where they actually work today.
| NPI | 1063744985 valid check digit |
|---|---|
| Entity type | Individual (NPI-1) |
| Enumeration date | Feb 3, 2010 |
| Last updated | Feb 3, 2010 |
| Status | Active |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| Credential | OT/L, SWC |
| Practice address |
500 PARNASSUS AVE I LEVEL RM. MU-09 San Francisco, CA 94143 (415) 353-4972 Fax (415) 353-4974 |
Number check
How the check works, step by step
Every NPI carries a Luhn check digit — the same scheme used on credit cards. CMS prefixes the number with 80840 before computing it, which marks it as a US health identifier.
| Digit | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubled? | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 |
| Value | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
Sum = 65 · next multiple of 10 = 70 · check digit = 5 · actual last digit = 5
A valid check digit only means the number is well-formed. It does not mean the provider is licensed, active, or in good standing — those are separate questions answered by the sections above.