Darrell E Hester, MD

Primary specialty

Ophthalmology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207W00000X

License

34349 Issued in NC

Practice address

1915 S 17TH St Ste 101
Wilmington, NC 28401-6682

Phone

(910) 251-8200

Fax

(910) 251-8204

NPI assigned

Sep 28, 2006

Last updated

Jan 7, 2015By 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: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1987

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Pender Memorial Hospital Hospital, Burgaw, NC, CCN 341307
• Columbus Regional Healthcare System Hospital, Whiteville, NC, CCN 340068

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

96.65 of 100Reported as individual

Quality

91.62

Improvement activities

40

Cost

100

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: darrell.hester@direct.hesteropthalmology.nchie.net
• FHIR API: https://fhir.nextgen.com/nge/prod/fhir-api-r4/fhir/r4/

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.

• Hester Ophthalmology, PC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1467921023
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Wilmington Eye, P.a.

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1831280205
  NPD (past)
• Southern Ohio Ophthalmic Anesthesia, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Chillicothe, OH
  • NPI 1760577563
  NPD (past)

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

• Columbus Regional Healthcare System

  dba South Columbus Medical Clinic

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Whiteville, NC
  • NPI 1376537555
  Care Compare affiliation
• Pender Memorial Hospital, Incorporated

  dba Novant Health Pender Medical Center

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Burgaw, NC
  • NPI 1295703130
  Care Compare affiliation
• Pender Memorial Hospital, Incorporated

  dba Novant Health Pender Medical Center

  • Medicare Defined Swing Bed Hospital Unit
  • Burgaw, NC
  • NPI 1780653865
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "WILMINGTON",
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• Sarah Hess, LMFT
• Louise Harlow Hessenflow
• Willard George Hession, M.D.
• Hester Ophthalmology, PC
• Brittany Hester, LCSW, LCAS
• Jennifer Hester
• Alden Hestikind, LCSW-A
• Keira Hetem
• Charlotte Willow Hope Hett
• Cooper Hewett

• Ophthalmology Physician in Wilmington, NC
• Providers in Wilmington, NC by specialty
• Ophthalmology Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 7, 2015; 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.