Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

102802 Issued in NC

Practice address

136 Sparks Dr
Forest City, NC 28043-9021

Phone

(828) 288-6320

NPI assigned

Jun 27, 2005

Last updated

Sep 25, 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 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 2

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

Other, 1982

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Carolinas Physicians Network IncGroup PAC ID 3375449655, 2,324 clinicians

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital AuthorityGroup PAC ID 2961310685, 594 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Atrium Health Cleveland Hospital, Shelby, NC, CCN 340021
• Rutherford Regional Medical Center Hospital, Rutherfordton, NC, CCN 340013
• Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health Hospital, Charlotte, NC, CCN 340113

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as group

Promoting interoperability

99

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: mkrusch310818@carolinashealthcaresystem.direct-ci.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.

• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute Orthopedics & Sports Medici

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1437607686
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

  dba Levine Cancer Institute

  • Medical Oncology Physician
  • Indian Land, SC
  • NPI 1669738829

  NC

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba Atrium Health Diabetes Prevention

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1437038544
  NPD
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba Atrium Health Primary Care Rutherford Internal Medicine & Specialty Ca

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Forest City, NC
  • NPI 1588818512
  NPD
• The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

  dba Atrium Health Pineville

  • General Practice Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1144796400
  NPD
• The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

  dba Atrium Health Pineville Rehabilitation Hospital

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1962987131
  NPD
• Asheville Hematology & Oncology Associates PA

  dba Cancer Centers of North Carolina - Asheville

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1831130285
  NPD (past)

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

• Atrium Health Hospitals Inc

  dba Atrium Health Cleveland

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Shelby, NC
  • NPI 1669348991
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Behavioral Health

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1053358945
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1295789907
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Mercy

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1376985135
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Levine Children's Hospital Pediatrics

  • Children's Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1699829887
  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1720029705

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Laboratory

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1811005150

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• DLP Rutherford Regional Health System, LLC

  dba Rutherford Regional Health System

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Rutherfordton, NC
  • NPI 1245321181
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "100 N 6th St Ste 900A",
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• Patricia Maddox Keeter, LPC
• Kyle Judson Kenyon, PA-C
• Jane D. Kirkpatrick, M.D.
• Curtis Koone, PHARMD
• Matthew William Kramer, DO
• Lonnie W Lassiter II, M.D.
• Mark E Lattimore, M.DIV, LCASA
• Mark Thomas Edward Lattimore, LMHCA
• Gretchen A. Lawrence, DPM
• Paul Layman, PA

• Physician Assistant in Forest City, NC
• Providers in Forest City, 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 Sep 25, 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.