Lea A Abernathy, FNP-BC

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

201099 Issued in NC

Practice address

187 W Main St
Spindale, NC 28160-1539

Phone

(828) 288-2881

Fax

(828) 288-2883

NPI assigned

Nov 9, 2006

Last updated

Jun 17, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

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

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 1998

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care IncGroup PAC ID 5496709305, 46 clinicians

Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.Group PAC ID 3173434743, shared by 22 NPIs, 95 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Rutherford Regional Medical Center Hospital, Rutherfordton, NC, CCN 340013
• Advent Health Polk Hospital, Columbus, NC, CCN 341322

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: lea.anne.abernathy.1@21884.direct.athenahealth.com
• Direct secure messaging: lea.anne.abernathy.1@29997.direct.athenahealth.com

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.

• Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care Inc

  dba Mercy Urgent Care

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1437175700
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc

  dba Blue Ridge Health-Highlands Cashiers

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Highlands, NC
  • NPI 1437725041
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc

  dba Brevard Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Brevard, NC
  • NPI 1750144119
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  dba Haywood Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Clyde, NC
  • NPI 1407200264
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  dba 7th Avenue Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1801261391
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  dba Sylva Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Sylva, NC
  • NPI 1881130540
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Blue Ridge Health-Swain

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Bryson City, NC
  • NPI 1124668868
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Blue Ridge Community Health Services

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1225029051
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Hendersonville Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1437593787
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Polk Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Columbus, NC
  • NPI 1750757803
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Wilmington Health PLLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1881632339
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc

  dba Blue Ridge Health-Arden

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Arden, NC
  • NPI 1912324740
  NPD

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

• DLP Rutherford Regional Health System, LLC

  dba Rutherford Regional Health System

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Rutherfordton, NC
  • NPI 1245321181
  Care Compare affiliation
• Fletcher Hospital Inc

  dba Adventhealth Polk

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Columbus, NC
  • NPI 1891523718
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Family Nurse Practitioner in Spindale, NC
• Providers in Spindale, NC by specialty
• Family Nurse Practitioner in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 17, 2026; 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.

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