Catherine J Bird, AGPCNP-BC

Primary specialty

Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363L00000X

License

26NJ14968400 Issued in NJ

Practice address

1140 Route 72 W
Manahawkin, NJ 08050-2412

Phone

(609) 978-3397

Fax

(732) 922-6026

NPI assigned

Nov 17, 2023

Last updated

Aug 27, 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 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NJ

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

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2023

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PCGroup PAC ID 9133032519, 1,901 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Southern Ocean Medical Center Hospital, Manahawkin, NJ, CCN 310113

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: cbird356565@epicdirect.rwjbh.org
• FHIR API: https://fhir4.healow.com/fhir/r4/IHJHBD

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.

• Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PC

  dba HMHMG Specialty Care

  • Surgical Critical Care Physician
  • Red Bank, NJ
  • NPI 1215989249
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Barnabas Health Medical Group, PC

  • Specialist
  • West Orange, NJ
  • NPI 1447206420
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PC

  dba HMMG New Jersey Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • North Bergen, NJ
  • NPI 1215734199
  NPD
• Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Complex Care PC

  dba HMHMG Complex Care

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Red Bank, NJ
  • NPI 1154379626
  NPD (past)

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

• HMH Hospitals Corporation

  dba Southern Ocean Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Manahawkin, NJ
  • NPI 1831601590
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "226 RTE 37 W STE 6",
            "city": "TOMS RIVER",
            "state": "NJ",
            "postal_code": "087558047",
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        {
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}

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• Nurse Practitioner in Manahawkin, NJ
• Providers in Manahawkin, NJ by specialty
• Nurse Practitioner in New Jersey

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 27, 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.