Florida Department of Health

Primary specialty

Public Health or Welfare AgencyTaxonomy code 251K00000X

Legal business name

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Doing business as

Borward County Health Department

Practice address

780 SW 24TH Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315-2643

Phone

(954) 467-4700

Fax

(954) 467-4704

NPI assigned

Mar 1, 2006

Organization subpart

Yes

Parent organization

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHAs reported in NPPES

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Paula Michele Thaqi, M.D.NPI 1003885765

Title

Director

Phone

(954) 467-4700

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other names 1

• Borward County Health Department Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

Enrollment records 1

Part of

Children's Medical Services

All facility ownership & control disclosures 2

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Practitioners 5

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

• Paula Michele Thaqi, M.D.

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • NPI 1003885765
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD Authorized official
• Martha Isabel Rivas, M.D.

  • General Practice Physician
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • NPI 1437489630
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Samuel Laban Jacobs, MD

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • NPI 1881677508
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Andrea Sciberras, D.O.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Dania Beach, FL
  • NPI 1477645661
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Jessica Francois, ARNP

  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • NPI 1003359993

  Multi-Specialty

  NPD (past)

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "city": "FORT LAUDERDALE",
            "state": "FL",
            "postal_code": "333152643",
            "telephone_number": "954-467-4700",
            "fax_number": "954-467-4704"
        },
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        }
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        "organizational_subpart": "YES",
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        "enumeration_date": "2006-03-01",
        "last_updated": "2025-04-21",
        "certification_date": "2025-04-21",
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        "authorized_official_last_name": "THAQI",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "PAULA",
        "authorized_official_middle_name": "MICHELE",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "DIRECTOR",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "954-467-4700",
        "authorized_official_credential": "M.D."
    },
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        }
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    "identifiers": [],
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            "organization_name": "Borward County Health Department",
            "code": "3",
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        }
    ]
}

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• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
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