Richard Michael Kuzma, DO

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

2016-01557 Issued in NC

Practice address

3975 Robinson Rd
Newton, NC 28658-9715

Phone

(828) 466-0466

Fax

(828) 466-8862

NPI assigned

Jun 22, 2013

Last updated

Mar 17, 2026By 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 1

Addresses

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: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Family Practice

Education

Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2013

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Proactive Therapy of North Carolina IncGroup PAC ID 6305753120, shared by 5 NPIs, 540 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Osteopathy

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: rkuzma@carolinacaring.org

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.

• Carolina Caring Serious Illness, LLC

  dba Carolina Caring

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Newton, NC
  • NPI 1083449680
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba The Sanger Clinic

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1477878890
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hospice of Iredell County, Inc

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Statesville, NC
  • NPI 1336243997

  Family Medicine

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba Atrium Health Primary Care Denver Family Medicine

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Denver, NC
  • NPI 1205090784
  NPD
• Carolinas Physicians Network Inc

  dba Atrium Health Diabetes Prevention

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1437038544
  NPD

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

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• Angela Howlett Kehrley, DNP, FNP-BC
• Ronald Ray Key, D.D.S.
• Amy Kidd, MS
• Leanne Rutledge King, FNP
• Darrin Lawton Kiser, PHARMD
• La'Courtney D. Setzer PLLC
• Lindsey Braswell Laffon, DNP, NP-C
• Landon C. Cansler, DMD, PLLC
• Katherine Layne Laney, NP
• Rhonda Isenhour Laxton

• Family Medicine Physician in Newton, NC
• Providers in Newton, NC by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 17, 2026; 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.