Cara Secrest Watson, FNP

Primary specialty

Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363L00000X

License

5018712 Issued in NC

Practice address

12208 N NC Highway 150
Winston Salem, NC 27127-9730

Phone

(336) 764-2324

NPI assigned

Jun 20, 2023

Last updated

Sep 23, 2025By 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 2

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

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2023

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Forsyth Memorial Hospital IncGroup PAC ID 9537071790, 622 clinicians

Novant Health Medical Group, LLCGroup PAC ID 1153234893, 2,413 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC, CCN 340014

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: csecrest143886@direct.novanthealth.org

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.

• Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc.

  dba NH Forsyth Primary Care Clinics

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1104548874
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Novant Health Medical Group, LLC

  dba Novant Health Pediatric Neurology & Sleep

  • Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1366409492
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Forsyth Memorial Hospital Inc

  dba Novant Health Arcadia Family Medicine

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1427006451
  NPD
• Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc.

  dba Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute - Frontis Plaza

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1932935475
  NPD
• Novant Health Medical Group, LLC

  dba NHMG Primary Care Clinics

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1134841802
  NPD
• Novant Health Medical Group, LLC

  dba Novant Health Elizabeth OB/GYN

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Matthews, NC
  • NPI 1386506137
  NPD
• Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc

  dba Novant Health Surry Medical Associates

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Mount Airy, NC
  • NPI 1295783108
  NPD (past)

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

• Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc.

  dba Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1447200233
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1758585600000",
    "number": "1285319053",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 60447",
            "city": "CHARLOTTE",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "282600447"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "12208 N NC HIGHWAY 150",
            "city": "WINSTON SALEM",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "271279730",
            "telephone_number": "336-764-2324"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "290 W Wall St",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Rural Hall",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "270459308",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "336-969-9158",
            "fax_number": "336-969-4554",
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            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
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        "last_name": "WATSON",
        "first_name": "CARA",
        "middle_name": "SECREST",
        "credential": "FNP",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2023-06-20",
        "last_updated": "2025-09-23",
        "certification_date": "2025-09-23",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "primary": true
        },
        {
            "code": "163W00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Registered Nurse",
            "state": "NC",
            "license": "306580",
            "primary": false
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
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}

• Franklin S Watkins, MD
• Lynn Watkins, PT
• Mackenzie Day Watkins, NP
• Richard Watkins Jr., MS, LCAS-A
• Alexis Watson
• Charity Gaye Watson
• Elizabeth Louise Watson
• Emily Krewson Watson, LCMHC, LCAS, NCC
• James Colton Watson
• Johnaisha Watson

• Nurse Practitioner in Winston Salem, NC
• Providers in Winston Salem, NC by specialty
• Nurse Practitioner in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 23, 2025; 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.