Lester Earl Hinson, LCMHC, LCAS

Primary specialty

Mental Health CounselorTaxonomy code 101YM0800X

License

17207 Issued in NC

Practice address

69 N Broad St
Brevard, NC 28712-3725

Phone

(828) 631-3973

Fax

(828) 631-9280

NPI assigned

Dec 7, 2017

Last updated

Jun 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 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: No
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Mental Health Counselor

Education

Other, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.Group PAC ID 3173434743, shared by 22 NPIs, 95 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc

  dba Blue Ridge Health-Meridian Bonnie Lane

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Sylva, NC
  • NPI 1396481495
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc

  dba Blue Ridge Health-Highlands Cashiers

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Highlands, NC
  • NPI 1437725041
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc

  dba Brevard Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Brevard, NC
  • NPI 1750144119
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  dba Haywood Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Clyde, NC
  • NPI 1407200264
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  dba 7th Avenue Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1801261391
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  dba Sylva Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Sylva, NC
  • NPI 1881130540
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Blue Ridge Health-Swain

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Bryson City, NC
  • NPI 1124668868
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Blue Ridge Community Health Services

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1225029051
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Blue Ridge Health-Meridian Macon

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Franklin, NC
  • NPI 1245907302
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Blue Ridge Health-Meridian 69 North Broad

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Brevard, NC
  • NPI 1396414488
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Hendersonville Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1437593787
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  dba Blue Ridge Health-Meridian Broadview

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Waynesville, NC
  • NPI 1598432643
  Medicare reassignment NPD

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

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    "last_updated_epoch": "1781654400000",
    "number": "1760997100",
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            "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",
            "fax_number": "828-696-1794"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "address_1": "69 N BROAD ST",
            "city": "BREVARD",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "287123725",
            "telephone_number": "828-631-3973",
            "fax_number": "828-631-9280"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "2 Walden Ridge Dr Ste 30",
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            "city": "Asheville",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "288038598",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "828-676-1657",
            "fax_number": "828-676-1658",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "HINSON",
        "first_name": "LESTER",
        "middle_name": "EARL",
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        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2017-12-07",
        "last_updated": "2026-06-17",
        "certification_date": "2026-06-17",
        "status": "A"
    },
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        },
        {
            "code": "101YA0400X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Counselor, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder)",
            "state": "NC",
            "license": "LCAS-21426",
            "primary": false
        },
        {
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    "identifiers": [],
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}

• Henderson County Hospital Corporation (Pardee BlueMD 277 North Broad Street Suite 1)
• Henderson County Hospital Corporation (Pardee Rx Brevard)
• Karin Kay Hetherington, P.T.
• Lauren Nicole Hierholzer, DPT
• Kristan Hennessee Hinson, LPC
• James A Hoffmeister, M.D.
• Catherine M Holland, MA, LPC, LMHC
• Julie Kay Holt, PTA
• Karen Ruth Hubert, OT
• Barbara Diane P Huey, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN

• Mental Health Counselor in Brevard, NC
• Providers in Brevard, NC by specialty
• Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina

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