Hong Catherine Li, MD

Primary specialty

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207ZP0102X

License

2007-00136 Issued in NC

Practice address

288 S Ridgecrest Ave
Rutherfordton, NC 28139-2838

Phone

(828) 286-5121

Fax

(828) 286-5658

NPI assigned

Jun 8, 2007

Last updated

Dec 3, 2025By 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 2

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: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Pathology

Education

Other, 1992

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Urology Specialists of the Carolinas PLLCGroup PAC ID 0648178020, 78 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Rutherford Regional Medical Center Hospital, Rutherfordton, NC, CCN 340013
• Erlanger Murphy Medical Center Hospital, Murphy, NC, CCN 341328
• Union General Hospital Hospital, Blairsville, GA, CCN 110051

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as individual

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Arcadia Pathology Network, PLLC

  • Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
  • Rutherfordton, NC
  • NPI 1659828366
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Urology Specialists of the Carolinas PLLC

  • Urology Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1669404208
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Associated Pathologists, LLC

  dba Associated Pathologists LLC dba PathGroup

  • Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1003863580

  Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• DLP Rutherford Regional Health System, LLC

  dba Rutherford Regional Health System

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Rutherfordton, NC
  • NPI 1245321181
  NPD (past)
• Associated Pathologists LLC

  dba Anatomic Pathology Lab

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1124075635
  NPD (past)

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
• Murphy Medical Center Inc

  dba Erlanger Murphy Medical Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Murphy, NC
  • NPI 1801831102
  Care Compare affiliation
• Union County Hospital Authority

  dba Union General Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Blairsville, GA
  • NPI 1487684122
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Thomas Michael Labreche, PHD
• Ann Morgan Lattimore, OTR
• Robert Scott Lawrence, M.D.
• Terry Lee Ledford, PH.D.
• Donald Tice Lesher, MD
• Link Medical, Inc. (Link Medical Rutherfordton)
• Louis C. Gadol, PH.D. (Accordance Psycholoigcal Associates)
• Cameron Ludwig, MD
• Michael Dayton Mahaffey
• Peter Marshall

• Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician in Rutherfordton, NC
• Providers in Rutherfordton, NC by specialty
• Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 3, 2025; 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.