Caroline Whisenhunt Dent, FNP-C

Primary specialty

Adult Health Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LA2200X

License

25438 Issued in SC

Practice address

5115 Forest Dr Ste 200
Columbia, SC 29206-4934

Phone

(803) 744-4900

Fax

(803) 314-5571

NPI assigned

Sep 27, 2021

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in SC, LA2 enrollments

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 2

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2021

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Lexington Health IncGroup PAC ID 2567872070, 905 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Lexington Medical Center Hospital, West Columbia, SC, CCN 420073

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: cdent193827@direct.lexmed.com

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.

• Lexington Health Inc

  • Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1710634753
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Minden Physician Practices LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Minden, LA
  • NPI 1497986764
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Lexington Health Inc

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1083211312

  Adult Health

  NPD
• Lexington Health Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1942190988
  NPD
• Minden Physician Practices LLC

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Haughton, LA
  • NPI 1699392589
  NPD
• Minden Physician Practices, LLC

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Minden, LA
  • NPI 1699834473
  NPD
• Lexington County Health Services District, Inc.

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1396778056
  NPD (past)
• Minden Physician Practices LLC

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Minden, LA
  • NPI 1265777957
  NPD (past)

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

• Lexington Health Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1386241834
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1773792000000",
    "number": "1871264069",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 6069",
            "city": "WEST COLUMBIA",
            "state": "SC",
            "postal_code": "291716069",
            "telephone_number": "803-744-4900",
            "fax_number": "803-744-4938"
        },
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            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "address_1": "5115 FOREST DR STE 200",
            "city": "COLUMBIA",
            "state": "SC",
            "postal_code": "292064934",
            "telephone_number": "803-744-4900",
            "fax_number": "803-314-5571"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "3980 Highway 9 E Ste 220",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Little River",
            "state": "SC",
            "postal_code": "295668164",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "843-390-0877",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "DENT",
        "first_name": "CAROLINE",
        "middle_name": "WHISENHUNT",
        "credential": "FNP-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2021-09-27",
        "last_updated": "2026-03-18",
        "certification_date": "2026-03-18",
        "status": "A"
    },
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        },
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            "taxonomy_group": "",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [
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            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "cdent193827@direct.lexmed.com",
            "affiliation": "N",
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            "city": "Columbia",
            "state": "SC",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "292064934",
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        }
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    "other_names": []
}

• Tolvalyn Shinia Dennison, CNS
• Howard Stone Denny Jr., DMD
• Jennifer Michele Densmore
• Amanda Kathryn Denson
• Andrea Neiman Dent, OTR/L
• Jennifer Klosterman Dent, FNP
• Jordan Hall Dent, MD
• Dent,S Alternative Adult Daycare Health Services,LLP
• Dental Professional of South Carolina, P.C.
• Dental Professionals of South Carolina, P.C.

• Adult Health Nurse Practitioner in Columbia, SC
• Providers in Columbia, SC by specialty
• Adult Health Nurse Practitioner in South Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 18, 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.