Galen Matthew Edwards

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

001005943 Issued in NC

Practice address

2201 S Sterling St
Morganton, NC 28655-4044

Phone

(919) 461-7132

NPI assigned

Sep 18, 2015

Last updated

Mar 17, 2018By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care IncGroup PAC ID 5496709305, shared by 9 NPIs, 46 clinicians

Blue Ridge Healthcare Medical Group IncGroup PAC ID 9436159712, 222 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Ashe Memorial Hospital Hospital, Jefferson, NC, CCN 341325

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

HHS exclusion list flag

CMS’s directory marks this NPI as on an HHS exclusion list; no matching OIG record was found. The OIG exclusions file (LEIE) holds no record for this NPI, and the directory does not say which list the flag comes from. How exclusions are shown Confirm with the OIG exclusions search.

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: gedwards321647@direct.unc.nchie.net

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Blue Ridge Healthcare Medical Group, Inc.

  dba Women's Health Group-Valdese

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Connelly Springs, NC
  • NPI 1467993931
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Jefferson Emergency Services, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Jefferson, NC
  • NPI 1720495336
  Medicare reassignment
• The Carolinas Emergency Group, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Dunn, NC
  • NPI 1477508836
  Medicare reassignment
• Emergency Coverage, LLC

  dba Emergency Coverage Corporation of TeamHealth

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Newport, TN
  • NPI 1427005008

  NC

  Medicare reassignment
• Blue Ridge Healthcare Medical Group, Inc.

  dba Valdese Medical Associates

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Connelly Springs, NC
  • NPI 1043618523
  NPD
• Blue Ridge Healthcare Medical Group, Inc.

  dba McDowell Medical Associates, PA

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Marion, NC
  • NPI 1801120654
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Ashe Memorial Hospital Inc

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Jefferson, NC
  • NPI 1376671370
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "14905 US 221 N",
            "city": "MARION",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "287527546",
            "telephone_number": "828-557-0230"
        },
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        "status": "A"
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}

• Eckerd Corporation (Rite Aid Pharmacy 11551)
• Anna Edhegard, MD
• Kim D Edhegard, M.D.
• Ann R Edwards, RPH
• Carl Leon Edwards, MD
• Trent Edwards, DO
• Edwin H. Holler, M.D., P.a.
• Lori Eggers, LPCA
• Grethel Calhoun Elder, COTA/L
• Laurie Anne Elian, RD

• Physician Assistant in Morganton, NC
• Providers in Morganton, NC by specialty
• Physician Assistant in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 17, 2018; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.