Kara Blankenship Cummings

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

5017740 Issued in NC

Practice address

98 Doctors Dr Ste 100
Sylva, NC 28779-4502

Phone

(828) 631-8755

NPI assigned

Feb 22, 2023

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

Other names 1

• Kara Rebecca Blankenship Former name

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, 2022

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

DLP Western Carolina Physician Practices LLCGroup PAC ID 9032338975, 177 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Harris Regional Hospital Hospital, Sylva, NC, CCN 340016
• DLP Swain County Hospital LLC Hospital, Bryson City, NC, CCN 341305
• Angel Medical Center Hospital, Franklin, NC, CCN 341326
• Highlands Cashiers Hospital Hospital, Highlands, NC, CCN 341316

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kara.cummings.1@9865.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 and National Provider Directory roles.

• DLP Western Carolina Physician Practices LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Sylva, NC
  • NPI 1609281641
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• DLP Western Carolina Physician Practices LLC

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Clyde, NC
  • NPI 1932925062
  NPD
• Haywood Women'S Medical Center, PA

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Clyde, NC
  • NPI 1578549192
  NPD (past)

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

• DLP Harris Regional Hospital LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Sylva, NC
  • NPI 1407962046
  Care Compare affiliation
• DLP Swain County Hospital, LLC

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Bryson City, NC
  • NPI 1689780249
  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Franklin, NC
  • NPI 1023593746
  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Franklin, NC
  • NPI 1093284010

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Highlands, NC
  • NPI 1770068496
  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Cashiers, NC
  • NPI 1922577048

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "684 JUSTICE RIDGE RD",
            "city": "CANDLER",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "287159589",
            "telephone_number": "828-280-3691"
        },
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            "address_1": "98 DOCTORS DR STE 100",
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            "state": "NC",
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        "enumeration_date": "2023-02-22",
        "last_updated": "2023-02-27",
        "certification_date": "2023-02-27",
        "status": "A"
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        }
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    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
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        {
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• Stuart Kimsey Cowan
• Rhonda L Cox
• Meagan Crews, LCSW
• Mary Katherine Crisp
• Lee K Crites, PTA
• Current Dermatology
• Current OB/GYN Women'S Health Center, PLLC
• D. Duncan Sumpter, PC
• Marla Dale
• David S Thomas MD PA

• Family Nurse Practitioner in Sylva, NC
• Providers in Sylva, 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 Feb 27, 2023; 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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