Joel C. Kunze, P.A.

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

102190 Issued in NC

Practice address

10 3Rd Ave NE
Suite 500
Hickory, NC 28601-5044

Phone

(828) 304-6363

Fax

(828) 304-0033

NPI assigned

Dec 19, 2005

Last updated

Aug 5, 2016By 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

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

Physician Assistant

Education

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1996

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Desantis Family PracticeGroup PAC ID 8921283854, 4 clinicians

Michael Christopher Desantis MDGroup PAC ID 4688575533, 3 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Gentiva Health Services Home health agency, Hickory, NC, CCN 347300
• Frye Regional Medical Center Hospital, Hickory, NC, CCN 340116
• Catawba Valley Medical Center Hospital, Hickory, NC, CCN 340143

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

Practice roles

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: joel-kunze@desantisfp.e-mdsdirect.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.

• Desantis Family Practice

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1568763795
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Michael Christopher Desantis

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1891809893
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Catawba Valley Emergency Physicians PA

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1881641819
  NPD (past)
• Catawba Valley Medical Group Inc

  dba DeSantis Family Medicine of Catawba Valley

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1649196742
  NPD (past)
• John Keith Earl

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1932217551
  NPD (past)
• Patrick J. Morgante, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1780702712
  NPD (past)

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

• Catawba Valley Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1164495255
  Care Compare affiliation
• Centerwell Certified Healthcare Corp.

  dba CenterWell Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1316974272
  Care Compare affiliation
• DLP Frye Regional Medical Center LLC

  dba Frye Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1801823349
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Jeffrey Hamilton Kuch, M.D.
• Audra Moretz Kuchenbecker, LPC
• Robert Francis Kukla, DPM
• Tammy J Kulcsar, LCSW
• David J. Kulesia, O.D.
• Cornelia Kurth-Bowen, PA-C
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• Alexander S. Kutuza, DMD
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• Physician Assistant in Hickory, NC
• Providers in Hickory, NC by specialty
• Physician Assistant in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 5, 2016; 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.