Margaret E Benton, PMHNP

Primary specialty

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LP0808X

License

20831 Issued in SC

Practice address

Beaufort Memorial Sea Island Psychiatry
989 Ribaut Rd, Ste 330
Beaufort, SC 29902-5426

Phone

(843) 522-5600

NPI assigned

May 22, 2007

Last updated

Aug 2, 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 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA, SC, WA3 enrollments

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 3

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 1994

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Brightside Medical PCGroup PAC ID 6608262464, 274 clinicians

Beaufort County Memorial HospitalGroup PAC ID 7810809365, 197 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Beaufort County Memorial Hospital Hospital, Beaufort, SC, CCN 420067

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

86.95 of 100Reported as group

Quality

83.15

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

73.35

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Certified Nurse Specialist, Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/19847/brand/3/csg/21/fhir/r4
• Direct secure messaging: margaret.ruis-thompson.1@16436.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.

• Beaufort County Memorial Hospital

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Beaufort, SC
  • NPI 1598713117
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Brightside Medical, P.C.

  • Psychiatry Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1801355482

  SC

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• American Behavioral Health Systems, Inc.

  • Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Facility
  • Spokane Valley, WA
  • NPI 1962991661
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Compass Health

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Everett, WA
  • NPI 1730136201
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

  dba Central State Hospital

  • Psychiatric Hospital
  • Milledgeville, GA
  • NPI 1902030307
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Uhs of Savannah LLC

  dba Coastal Behavioral Health

  • Psychiatric Hospital
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1427292333
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Beaufort County Memorial Hospital

  dba Beaufort Memorial Emergency Medicine Physicians

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Beaufort, SC
  • NPI 1871335018
  NPD
• American Behavioral Health Systems, Inc.

  • Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Facility
  • Chehalis, WA
  • NPI 1598123226
  NPD
• Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities

  dba Georgial Regional Hospital at Savannah

  • Psychiatric Hospital
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1942432737
  NPD
• Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities, Ga

  dba Southwest Community Clinic

  • Neurology Physician
  • Thomasville, GA
  • NPI 1174942684
  NPD
• Uhs of Savannah, LLC

  dba Coastal Behavioral Health IOP Program

  • Psychiatric Hospital
  • Savannah, GA
  • NPI 1003154535
  NPD
• Beaufort County Memorial Hospital

  dba Beaufort Hospital CRNA Services

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Beaufort, SC
  • NPI 1467423178
  NPD (past)

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

• Beaufort County Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Beaufort, SC
  • NPI 1366436073
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Beaufort, SC
• Providers in Beaufort, SC by specialty
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in South Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 2, 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.