Robert Francis Kukla, DPM

Primary specialty

Foot & Ankle Surgery PodiatristTaxonomy code 213ES0103X

License

169 Issued in NC

Practice address

1501 Tate Blvd SE
Suite 203
Hickory, NC 28602-4243

Phone

(828) 304-0400

Fax

(828) 304-0142

NPI assigned

Dec 22, 2005

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

Other identifiers 2

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: No
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Podiatry

Education

Other, 1983

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Eldridge Podiatry PAGroup PAC ID 6002209467, 5 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Catawba Valley Medical Center Hospital, Hickory, NC, CCN 340143

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.1 of 100Reported as group

Quality

68.21

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

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 and National Provider Directory roles.

• Eldridge Podiatry PA

  • Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1568113132
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD

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

• Catawba Valley Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1164495255
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Brian Allen Krenzel, M.D.
• Sharon Krider, MS, CCC-SLP
• Kristin W Herring, DDS, PLLC
• Jeffrey Hamilton Kuch, M.D.
• Audra Moretz Kuchenbecker, LPC
• Tammy J Kulcsar, LCSW
• David J. Kulesia, O.D.
• Joel C. Kunze, P.A.
• Cornelia Kurth-Bowen, PA-C
• Kutuza Alexander Safonovich PLLC

• Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist in Hickory, NC
• Providers in Hickory, NC by specialty
• Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 28, 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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