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Meritas Health Corporation

Doing business as NKC Health

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Independence, MO
National Provider Identifier
1982083168
Registry record updated Jun 13, 2025
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Cardiovascular Disease PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RC0000X
Legal business name
MERITAS HEALTH CORPORATION
Doing business as
NKC Health
NKC Health Heart Care Independence
Practice address
4811 S Arrowhead Dr
Independence, MO 64055-6981
Phone
(816) 221-6750
Fax
(816) 221-2335
NPI assigned
May 21, 2015
Organization subpart
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Jun 13, 2025

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

Authorized official

Name
Dr. Stephen L Reintjes Sr., MD
Title
President
Phone
(816) 691-5287

Specialties & licenses 1

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Cardiovascular Disease PhysicianGroup: 193400000X SINGLE SPECIALTY GROUP 207RC0000X Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

4811 S Arrowhead Dr
Independence, MO 64055-6981

Mailing address

2700 Clay Edwards Dr
Suite 240
North Kansas City, MO 64116-3251
Phone (816) 691-5287

Other names 2

  • NKC Health Doing business as
  • NKC Health Heart Care Independence Doing business as

Medicare participation

Medicare enrollment files
Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
Enrolled in MO

Enrollment records 1

Enrollment IDStateProvider typePAC IDDetails
O20040122001058 MO Part B Supplier - Clinic/Group Practice 6305748153 Receives reassigned benefits from 716 practitioners
This NPI is an additional NPI on the enrollment
Practice locations: North Kansas City, MO; Platte City, MO; Richmond, MO; Smithville, MO; Kansas City, MO; Liberty, MO; Excelsior Springs, MO; Gladstone, MO…

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory
Tax ID family
NKC Internal Medicine56 organizations share this tax ID, including this one

Organizations with this tax ID in the same state 12

This tax ID family is large, so up to 24 of its organizations in the same state are linked here.

Locations

2521 University Blvd
Ste D
Ames, IA 50010

NPI Registry JSON

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

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    "created_epoch": "1432166400000",
    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1749772800000",
    "number": "1982083168",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2700 CLAY EDWARDS DR",
            "address_2": "SUITE 240",
            "city": "NORTH KANSAS CITY",
            "state": "MO",
            "postal_code": "641163251",
            "telephone_number": "816-691-5287",
            "fax_number": "816-346-7690"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "4811 S ARROWHEAD DR",
            "city": "INDEPENDENCE",
            "state": "MO",
            "postal_code": "640556981",
            "telephone_number": "816-221-6750",
            "fax_number": "816-221-2335"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "MERITAS HEALTH CORPORATION",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2015-05-21",
        "last_updated": "2025-06-13",
        "certification_date": "2025-06-13",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "REINTJES",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "STEPHEN",
        "authorized_official_middle_name": "L",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "PRESIDENT",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "816-691-5287",
        "authorized_official_name_prefix": "Dr.",
        "authorized_official_name_suffix": "Sr.",
        "authorized_official_credential": "MD"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207RC0000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "193400000X SINGLE SPECIALTY  GROUP",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease",
            "state": null,
            "license": null,
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "organization_name": "NKC Health",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        },
        {
            "organization_name": "NKC Health Heart Care Independence",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        }
    ]
}

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Sources for this page

  • NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 13, 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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