Ralph Bernard Piening III, MD

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

12291 Issued in SC

Practice address

27 Gamecock Ave
Ste 201
Charleston, SC 29407-3398

Phone

(843) 769-8215

Fax

(843) 769-8216

NPI assigned

Jan 24, 2007

Last updated

Mar 13, 2017By 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

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in SC

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 1

Specialty

Internal MedicineAlso: Emergency Medicine

Education

Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1984

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Curana Health of South Carolina PCGroup PAC ID 1951672617, 226 clinicians

CH Specialty Services SC LLCGroup PAC ID 6608182993, 222 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital Hospital, Charleston, SC, CCN 420065

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as individual

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir.nextgen.com/nge/prod/fhir-api-r4/fhir/r4/

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.

• CH Specialty Services SC LLC

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • North Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1275915522
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Curana Health of South Carolina PC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • North Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1316477896
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• John E. Emmel, MD, PC

  dba Geriatric Facility Care Specialists

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1235263534
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Internal Medical Associates, PA

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Sumter, SC
  • NPI 1790773752
  NPD (past)

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

• Bon Secours St. Francis Xavier Hospital Inc.

  dba Roper St. Francis Intensivist Services

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Charleston, SC
  • NPI 1851361778
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Phoenix Counseling and Wellness Center LLC
• Phoenix Counseling Center LLC
• Physicians Eye Surgery Center LLC (Physicians' Eye Surgery Center)
• Andrew James Picca, D.O.
• Katelyn Pickrell
• Bailey Rebecca Pierce, BCABA
• Christopher L Pierce
• Crystal Delilah Pierce, PHD
• Fletcher Nelson Pierce Jr., MD
• Richard Pierce, MD

• Internal Medicine Physician in Charleston, SC
• Providers in Charleston, SC by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in South Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 13, 2017; 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.