Worcester Refugee and Immigrant Support and Empowerment Rise for Health

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

Legal business name

WORCESTER REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT RISE FOR HEALTH

Doing business as

Worcester RISE for Health

Practice address

18 Chestnut St Ste 230
Worcester, MA 01608-1557

Phone

(774) 417-1756

Fax

(508) 365-6103

NPI assigned

Nov 9, 2023

Last updated

Nov 21, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Olga Valdman, MDNPI 1568699767

Title

Executive Director

Phone

(617) 529-4978

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other names 1

• Worcester RISE for Health Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MA

Enrollment records 1

These CMS records do not include an NPI. They are shown because their name and street address match this provider’s.

CLIA laboratory certificates

Locations

Practitioners 7

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

• Olga Valdman, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1568699767
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Katharine C Barnard, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1326023425
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Diana Namumbejja Abwoye, NP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1992311401

  Family Medicine

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Benedicta G Wright, LICSW

  • Clinical Social Worker
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1063814051
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Judeline Jean Gilles, DOULA

  • Doula
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1134012065
  NPD
• Elissa Bargas, LICSW

  • Clinical Social Worker
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1396041158
  NPD (past)
• Awa Napon Zongo

  • Doula
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1548195274
  NPD (past)

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

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    "number": "1487428553",
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            "address_1": "18 CHESTNUT ST STE 230",
            "city": "WORCESTER",
            "state": "MA",
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            "fax_number": "508-365-6103"
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        }
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        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2023-11-09",
        "last_updated": "2025-11-21",
        "certification_date": "2025-11-21",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "VALDMAN",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "OLGA",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR",
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        "authorized_official_credential": "MD"
    },
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            "taxonomy_group": "",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "organization_name": "Worcester RISE for Health",
            "code": "3",
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        },
        {
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        }
    ]
}

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• Family Medicine Physician in Worcester, MA
• Providers in Worcester, MA by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in Massachusetts

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 21, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• 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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