Organization Active NPI

Columbus Department of Public Health

  • Public Health or Welfare Agency
  • Columbus, GA
National Provider Identifier
1427017201
Registry record updated Sep 29, 2025
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Public Health or Welfare AgencyTaxonomy code 251K00000X
Legal business name
COLUMBUS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Practice address
5601 Veterans Pkwy
Columbus, GA 31904-9001
Phone
(833) 337-1749
Fax
(706) 321-6126
NPI assigned
Mar 21, 2006
Organization subpart
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Sep 29, 2025

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

Authorized official

Name
Beverley Townsend, MDNPI 1497846133
Title
District Health Director
Phone
(833) 337-1749

Authorized official NPPES reports the official by name only. The link goes to the one practitioner connected to this organization with that name.

Specialties & licenses 1

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Public Health or Welfare Agency 251K00000X Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

5601 Veterans Pkwy
Columbus, GA 31904-9001

Mailing address

PO Box 2299
Columbus, GA 31902-2299
Phone (833) 337-1749

Other identifiers 11

IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
GRP3674OtherGAMEDICARE GRP #
000457729QMedicaidGA
000457729YMedicaidGA
00453164AMedicaidGA
000606207CMedicaidGA
00457729IMedicaidGA
00052082IMedicaidGA
000058726BMedicaidGA
000549051BMedicaidGA
00519263AMedicaidGA
00058726AMedicaidGA

Medicare participation

Medicare enrollment files
Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
Enrolled in GA2 enrollments

Enrollment records 2

Enrollment IDStateProvider typePAC IDDetails
O20040428000090 GA Part B Supplier - Clinic/Group Practice 4183611551 Receives reassigned benefits from 2 practitioners
Practice locations: Columbus, GA
O20160627001399 GA Part B Supplier - Mass Immunization (Roster Biller Only) 4183611551 Practice locations: Columbus, GA

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory

Locations

5601 Veterans Pkwy
Columbus, GA 31904
Phone (706) 321-6206

Practitioners & affiliated clinicians

Practitioners 6

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles.

NPI Registry JSON

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

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            "address_1": "PO BOX 2299",
            "city": "COLUMBUS",
            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "319022299",
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        },
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        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "TOWNSEND",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "BEVERLEY",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "DISTRICT HEALTH DIRECTOR",
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        {
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        {
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}

Other providers in Columbus, GA

Sources for this page

  • NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 29, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
  • Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
  • National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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