Durga Prasad Bestha, MD

Primary specialty

Psychiatry PhysicianTaxonomy code 2084P0800X

License

2011-00118 Issued in NC

Practice address

501 Billingsley Rd
Ste B
Charlotte, NC 28211-1009

Phone

(704) 444-2400

NPI assigned

Jul 24, 2007

Last updated

Mar 11, 2026By 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

Electronic endpoints 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC, LA, WA, PA, CO, NJ, AZ, NE, TN, MI, TX, FL12 enrollments

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 12

Specialty

Psychiatry

Education

Other, 2002

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Forefront Telecare IncGroup PAC ID 9638319114, 29 clinicians

Access Telecare PLLCGroup PAC ID 7810204831, 409 clinicians

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital AuthorityGroup PAC ID 2961310685, 594 clinicians

Carolinas Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 4789597477, 1,057 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Bayou Bend Health System Hospital, Franklin, LA, CCN 191310
• Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health Hospital, Charlotte, NC, CCN 340113

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: dbestha536530@carolinashealthcaresystem.direct-ci.com
• Direct secure messaging: dbestha619791@direct.unc.nchie.net
• Direct secure messaging: durga.bestha.1@24287.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.

• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Levine Children's Gastroenterology

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1275774333
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Forefront Telecare Inc

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1174035612

  LA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

  dba Levine Cancer Institute

  • Medical Oncology Physician
  • Indian Land, SC
  • NPI 1669738829

  NC

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Access Telecare, PLLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1013303080

  AZ, CO, FL, LA, MI, NC, NE, NJ, PA, TN, WA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Brynn Marr Hospital Inc

  dba Brynn Marr Hospital

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Jacksonville, NC
  • NPI 1568225845
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Inc

  dba Robbins Cardiology

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1477839108
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Garner Behavioral Hospital, LLC

  dba Raleigh Oaks Behavioral Health

  • Adult Mental Health Clinic/Center
  • Garner, NC
  • NPI 1548049679
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Forefront-Matteson Medical Services PC

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1659982551

  NC

  Medicare reassignment
• Caldwell Memorial Hospital Inc.

  dba UNC Health Caldwell Radiology Associates

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1255221180
  NPD
• Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Inc.

  dba Caldwell Acute Psychiatric Specialists

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • Lenoir, NC
  • NPI 1538783915
  NPD
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba CMC Faculty Physicians

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1528209681
  NPD
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Pharmacy Kenilworth

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1982710554
  NPD

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

• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Behavioral Health

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1053358945
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1295789907
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Mercy

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1376985135
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Levine Children's Hospital Pediatrics

  • Children's Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1699829887
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1720029705

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Laboratory

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1811005150

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Hospital Service District No. 1 of the Parish of St. Mary

  dba Bayou Bend Health System

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Franklin, LA
  • NPI 1043218365
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Jefforey E Best, LCAS
• Kathryn Best
• Kenneth Whitten Best, O.D.
• Raven Simone Best, RBT
• Shelba Richelle Best, LPN
• Hannan Bestman
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• Alexis J Betancourt, MD
• George Alexander Betancourt, D.M.D.

• Psychiatry Physician in Charlotte, NC
• Providers in Charlotte, NC by specialty
• Psychiatry Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 11, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.