Active NPI
Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.
Doing business as Polk Health Center
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Columbus, NC
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Key facts
NPPES NPI Registry- Primary specialty
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Legal business name
- BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
- Doing business as
- Polk Health Center
- Practice address
- 161 Walker St
Columbus, NC 28722-9433 - Phone
- (828) 894-2222
- NPI assigned
- Aug 12, 2015
- Last updated
- Sep 9, 2025
- Organization subpart
- No
NPPES NPI Registry
Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source
Authorized official
- Name
- Tammy R Greenwell
- Title
- Ceo
- Phone
- (828) 233-2284
Specialties & licenses 1
| Specialty (taxonomy) | Code | License | State | Primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) | 261QF0400X | NU | Primary |
Addresses
Primary practice location
161 Walker St
Columbus, NC 28722-9433
Mailing address
220 5TH Ave E
Hendersonville, NC 28792-4377
Phone (828) 692-4289
Other practice location 1
155 W Mills St
Columbus, NC 28722-9412
Phone (828) 692-4289 ext. 2201
Other names 1
- Polk Health Center
Medicare participation
Medicare enrollment files- Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
- Enrolled in NC
Enrollment records 2
| Enrollment ID | State | Provider type | PAC ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O20150923002356 | NC | Part A Provider - Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) | 3173434743 | Practice locations: Columbus, NC |
| O20160209000022 | NC | Part B Supplier - Clinic/Group Practice | 3173434743 |
Receives reassigned benefits from 156 practitioners Practice locations: Columbus, NC |
NPI to CCN mapping 1
The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1750757803. Details of each certification follow.
Federally qualified health center certification: CCN 341034
- Legal name
- BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
- Doing business as
- POLK HEALTH CENTER
- Certification status
- Active
- Provider type (POS)
- Federally qualified health center
- Participating since
- Sep 23, 2015
- Last certification
- Sep 23, 2015
- Ownership / control type
- For profit – corporation
- Organization structure
- Corporation
- Incorporated
- Jul 3, 1963 in NC
- Enrollment address
- 161 Walker St
Columbus, NC 28722-9433
Other NPIs with the same Medicare PAC ID 21
NPIs whose Medicare enrollments share a PECOS associate control ID (the same enrolled entity).
-
dba Blue Ridge Health-Meridian Bonnie Lane
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Sylva, NC
- NPI 1396481495
3173434743
-
dba Blue Ridge Health-Highlands Cashiers
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Highlands, NC
- NPI 1437725041
3173434743
-
dba Brevard Health Center
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Brevard, NC
- NPI 1750144119
3173434743
-
dba Blue Ridge Health-Arden
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Arden, NC
- NPI 1912324740
3173434743
-
dba Rainbow Pediatrics
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Hendersonville, NC
- NPI 1326587932
3173434743
-
dba Blue Ridge Health-Givens Gerber
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Asheville, NC
- NPI 1679137558
3173434743
-
dba Lake Lure Health Center
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Lake Lure, NC
- NPI 1003384140
3173434743
-
dba Haywood Health Center
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Clyde, NC
- NPI 1407200264
3173434743
-
dba Blue Ridge Health-Meridian 65 North Broad
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Brevard, NC
- NPI 1568131647
3173434743
-
dba Brevard Health Center
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Brevard, NC
- NPI 1578827507
3173434743
-
dba 7th Avenue Health Center
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Hendersonville, NC
- NPI 1801261391
3173434743
-
dba Sylva Health Center
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Sylva, NC
- NPI 1881130540
3173434743
National Provider Directory
National Provider DirectoryLocations
490 Hospital Dr
Clyde, NC 28721
Phone (828) 246-6372
155 W Mills St
Columbus, NC 28722
Phone 82861242892201
Ownership & related parties
All disclosed owners & managing parties 3
As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.
| Name | Role | Since | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marilyn W Tatham | W-2 Managing Employee | Jan 1, 2020 | |
| Tammy Renee Greenwell | Corporate Director | Aug 28, 2025 | |
| W-2 Managing Employee | Aug 28, 2025 | ||
| Kristie a Hannon | W-2 Managing Employee | Jan 1, 2020 |
Practitioners & affiliated clinicians
Practitioners 173
Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.
-
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Spindale, NC
- NPI 1063582658
-
- Clinical Social Worker
- Waynesville, NC
- NPI 1497276968
-
- Clinical Social Worker
- Hendersonville, NC
- NPI 1639354111
-
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Clyde, NC
- NPI 1760834808
-
- Family Medicine Physician
- Asheville, NC
- NPI 1750886636
-
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Spindale, NC
- NPI 1164537478
-
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Lake Junaluska, NC
- NPI 1629551866
-
- Nurse Practitioner
- Hendersonville, NC
- NPI 1417298779
-
- Family Medicine Physician
- Hendersonville, NC
- NPI 1457672917
-
- Family Medicine Physician
- Brevard, NC
- NPI 1558459933
-
- Clinical Social Worker
- Waynesville, NC
- NPI 1023341229
-
- Family Medicine Physician
- Boone, NC
- NPI 1962080374
NPI Registry JSON
The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.
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"created_epoch": "1439337600000",
"enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
"last_updated_epoch": "1757376000000",
"number": "1750757803",
"addresses": [
{
"country_code": "US",
"country_name": "United States",
"address_purpose": "MAILING",
"address_type": "DOM",
"address_1": "220 5TH AVE E",
"city": "HENDERSONVILLE",
"state": "NC",
"postal_code": "287924377",
"telephone_number": "828-692-4289"
},
{
"country_code": "US",
"country_name": "United States",
"address_purpose": "LOCATION",
"address_type": "DOM",
"address_1": "161 WALKER ST",
"city": "COLUMBUS",
"state": "NC",
"postal_code": "287229433",
"telephone_number": "828-894-2222"
}
],
"practiceLocations": [
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"address_1": "155 W Mills St",
"address_purpose": "LOCATION",
"city": "Columbus",
"state": "NC",
"postal_code": "287229412",
"country_code": "US",
"telephone_number": "828-692-4289 x2201",
"fax_number": "828-696-1794",
"country_name": "United States",
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}
],
"basic": {
"organization_name": "BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC.",
"organizational_subpart": "NO",
"enumeration_date": "2015-08-12",
"last_updated": "2025-09-09",
"certification_date": "2025-09-09",
"status": "A",
"authorized_official_last_name": "GREENWELL",
"authorized_official_first_name": "TAMMY",
"authorized_official_middle_name": "R",
"authorized_official_title_or_position": "CEO",
"authorized_official_telephone_number": "828-233-2284"
},
"taxonomies": [
{
"code": "261QF0400X",
"taxonomy_group": "",
"desc": "Clinic/Center, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)",
"state": "NU",
"license": null,
"primary": true
}
],
"identifiers": [],
"endpoints": [],
"other_names": [
{
"organization_name": "Polk Health Center",
"code": "3",
"type": "Doing Business As"
},
{
"organization_name": "Polk Health Center",
"code": "3",
"type": "Doing Business As"
}
]
}
Other providers in Columbus, NC
- Hunter Bigler, DC
- Diana Edwards Blanton, PT
- Bethany Davis Blizard, LCSW, LCAS-A
- Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc (Blue Ridge Community Health Service)
- Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. (Blue Ridge Community Health Services)
- Blue Ridge Laser Eye Associates, P.a.
- Barry Bodie, MD
- Rebecca Russell Boles, D.C.
- Daniel Jacob Borman, M.D.
- George Bradey, PA
Sources for this page
- NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 9, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
- Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
- National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.