Richard Scott Nelson, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

0010-00306 Issued in NC

Practice address

291 Sweeten Creek Road
Asheville, NC 28803-1527

Phone

(828) 254-0881

Fax

(828) 254-1614

NPI assigned

Oct 19, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other names 1

• Mr. R. Scott Nelson Other name

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, 1996

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Digestive Health Partners PAGroup PAC ID 1254244056, 65 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Hospital, Asheville, NC, CCN 340002
• Carepartners Rehabilitation Hospital Inpatient rehabilitation facility, Asheville, NC, CCN 343025

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

90.39 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

77.7

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Digestive Health Partners, PA

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1326037680
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Carolina Mountain Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1093993727
  NPD
• Digestive Health Partners, PA

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1013130715
  NPD

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

• Carepartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP

  • Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1235614983

  Inpatient rehabilitation facility

  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital, LLLP

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1962987677
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Jennifer Lynn Nelson, PHARMD
• Jessica Ann Nelson, CCC-SLP
• John Doug Nelson, M.D.
• Miriam Salloum Nelson, MSPT
• Philip Reid Nelson, PHARMD
• Crystal Nero, LPC
• Elizabeth Ann Nesbit, RN, CDE
• Shirley Fink Nesbitt, FNP
• Amir Ali Neshat, M.D.
• Pamela S Nettles, LPC

• Physician Assistant in Asheville, NC
• Providers in Asheville, 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 Nov 3, 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.

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