Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

103834 Issued in NC

Practice address

160 Macgregor Pines Dr
Suite 310
Cary, NC 27511-6036

Phone

(919) 234-4470

Fax

(919) 234-4475

NPI assigned

May 15, 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 identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

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, 2003

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

North Carolina MG LLCGroup PAC ID 1951828847, 723 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Rex Hospital Hospital, Raleigh, NC, CCN 340114

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

Practice roles

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: don.drinkwater.1@14753.direct.athenahealth.com
• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/14753/brand/1/csg/1/fhir/r4
• Direct secure messaging: ddrinkwater11778@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 and National Provider Directory roles.

• North Carolina MG, LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Raleigh, NC
  • NPI 1215741640
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Wound Care NC, PLLC

  • Surgical Physician Assistant
  • Raleigh, NC
  • NPI 1851694160
  Medicare reassignment
• Cary Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Specialists, P.a.

  • Specialist
  • Cary, NC
  • NPI 1447289731
  NPD (past)
• Elite Hands Physician Assistant Services, PLLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cary, NC
  • NPI 1881141679
  NPD (past)
• Raleigh Emergency Surgical, Inc

  • Surgery Physician
  • Raleigh, NC
  • NPI 1427872548
  NPD (past)
• Rex Hospital Inc

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Raleigh, NC
  • NPI 1972939643
  NPD (past)

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

• Rex Hospital Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Raleigh, NC
  • NPI 1497797088
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2920 HIGHWOODS BLVD",
            "city": "RALEIGH",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "276040010",
            "telephone_number": "877-498-4490"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "160 MACGREGOR PINES DR",
            "address_2": "SUITE 310",
            "city": "CARY",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "275116036",
            "telephone_number": "919-234-4470",
            "fax_number": "919-234-4475"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
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            "address_1": "781 Avent Ferry Rd Ste 214",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Holly Springs",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "275407776",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "919-784-7874",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "DRINKWATER",
        "first_name": "DON",
        "middle_name": "MICHAEL",
        "credential": "PA-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-05-15",
        "last_updated": "2023-05-02",
        "certification_date": "2021-02-22",
        "status": "A"
    },
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    "identifiers": [
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            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "RAILROAD MEDICARE",
            "identifier": "P00345550",
            "state": "NC"
        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [
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            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
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            "affiliation": "N",
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            "contentType": "OTHER",
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            "contentOtherDescription": "CDA/CCD/TXT",
            "address_1": "781 Avent Ferry Rd Ste 214",
            "city": "Holly Springs",
            "state": "NC",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "275407776",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "other_names": []
}

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• Physician Assistant in Cary, NC
• Providers in Cary, 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 May 2, 2023; 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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