Mercedes Cascio, RRT
Mercedes Cascio, RRT is a Home Health Registered Respiratory Therapist in Deerfield Beach, FL, registered under NPI 1518408459. NPPES records them as a sole proprietor, meaning the practice is not incorporated as a separate legal entity.
Getting there
The practice address on file is 1861 DISCOVERY DR, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RT 8489 | FL | Home Health Registered Respiratory… primary |
This provider holds licence RT 8489 issued in FL. 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
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 | 1518408459 valid check digit |
|---|---|
| Entity type | Individual (NPI-1) |
| Enumeration date | Mar 11, 2017 |
| Last updated | Mar 11, 2017 |
| Status | Active |
| Sole proprietor | Yes |
| Gender | Female |
| Credential | RRT |
| Practice address |
1861 DISCOVERY DR Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 (850) 567-7774 |
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 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubled? | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 |
| Value | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Sum = 61 · next multiple of 10 = 70 · check digit = 9 · actual last digit = 9
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.