MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS INC
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS INC is an organization registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) under NPI 1326252198, based in West Allis, WI. The organization lists 12 taxonomy classifications, with Home Health Registered Respiratory Therapist recorded as primary.
Getting there
The practice address on file is 11220 W LAPHAM ST, West Allis, WI 53214. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1409-028 | WI | Home Health Registered Respiratory… primary |
| 1409-028 | WI | Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified… |
| 1409-028 | WI | Registered Respiratory Therapist |
| 1409-028 | WI | Educational Registered Respiratory… |
| 1409-028 | WI | Pulmonary Function Technologist… |
This provider holds licence 1409-028 issued in WI. 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 Home Health covers
Home care fosters individual responsibility for self-management of chronic respiratory conditions. It includes individualized assessment based plans of care service developed to promote safe, proper, and sustained use of prescribed respiratory therapy medications, equipment, and techniques in the home. NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, code 2279H0200X
All registered taxonomy codes
This provider registers 12 taxonomy codes. The primary code is what appears on most claims; the others record additional recognised specialties.
| Code | Specialty | Licence | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2279H0200X | Home Health Registered Respiratory Therapist Home Health | 1409-028 | WI | primary |
| 225100000X | Physical Therapist | — | — | |
| 2278C0205X | Critical Care Certified Respiratory Therapist Critical Care | — | WI | |
| 2278E0002X | Emergency Care Certified Respiratory Therapist Emergency Care | — | WI | |
| 2278G0305X | Geriatric Care Certified Respiratory Therapist Geriatric Care | — | WI | |
| 2278P1004X | Pulmonary Diagnostics Certified Respiratory Therapist Pulmonary Diagnostics | — | WI | |
| 2278P1005X | Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified Respiratory Therapist Pulmonary Rehabilitation | 1409-028 | WI | |
| 2278P3900X | Neonatal/Pediatric Certified Respiratory Therapist Neonatal/Pediatrics | — | WI | |
| 227900000X | Registered Respiratory Therapist | 1409-028 | WI | |
| 2279E1000X | Educational Registered Respiratory Therapist Educational | 1409-028 | WI | |
| 2279G1100X | General Care Registered Respiratory Therapist General Care | — | WI | |
| 2279P1006X | Pulmonary Function Technologist Registered Respiratory Therapist Pulmonary Function Technologist | 1409-028 | WI |
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-2 identifies an organization — a clinic, hospital, group practice, laboratory, or supplier. Individual clinicians working there hold their own NPI-1 numbers separately, so a bill may reference both.
| NPI | 1326252198 valid check digit |
|---|---|
| Entity type | Organization (NPI-2) |
| Enumeration date | May 10, 2007 |
| Last updated | Sep 11, 2025 |
| Status | Active |
| Practice address |
11220 W LAPHAM ST West Allis, WI 53214 (414) 282-5451 Fax (414) 282-5467 |
| Other identifiers |
41677100
· Medicaid (WI) |
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 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubled? | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 |
| Value | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
Sum = 62 · next multiple of 10 = 70 · check digit = 8 · actual last digit = 8
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.