Earl William Walker Jr., MD

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207X00000X

License

2006-01758 Issued in NC

Practice address

503 East Parker Rd
Morganton, NC 28655

Phone

(828) 437-6500

Fax

(828) 438-0836

NPI assigned

Sep 22, 2006

Last updated

Apr 28, 2016By 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 3

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: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

University of Tennessee, HSC, College of Medicine, 2000

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Emergeortho PAGroup PAC ID 0749188894, 726 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc Hospital, Morganton, NC, CCN 340075

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

89.07 of 100Reported as group

Quality

85.94

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

77.63

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: earl.walker.1@847.direct.athenahealth.com
• Direct secure messaging: ewalker179148@direct.unc.nchie.net

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.

• Emergeortho PA

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Durham, NC
  • NPI 1376592964
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Emergeortho PA

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Eden, NC
  • NPI 1841170222
  NPD

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

• Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc.

  dba CMC Blue Ridge

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Rutherford College, NC
  • NPI 1306821798
  Care Compare affiliation
• Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc.

  dba CMC Blue Ridge

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Morganton, NC
  • NPI 1417000837

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc.

  dba CMC Blue Ridge

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Valdese, NC
  • NPI 1487707964

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc.

  dba UNC Health Blue Ridge

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Morganton, NC
  • NPI 1700860491
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "MORGANTON",
            "state": "NC",
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}

• Walgreen Co (Rite Aid)
• Walgreen Co (Walgreens #19006)
• Walker Family Care Home
• Susan D. Walker-Ballew, SLP
• Callie Walker
• Erin Elizabeth Walker, LCSWA
• Walkers Group Home
• Jason Todd Wall, LPT
• Sarah Benton Wall, MS, OTR/L
• James John Walsh, M.D.

• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Morganton, NC
• Providers in Morganton, NC by specialty
• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 28, 2016; 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.