Michael Barry Couser, DO

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

2023-02376 Issued in NC

Practice address

444 NC 108 Hwy
Rutherfordton, NC 28139-7871

Phone

(828) 287-7846

NPI assigned

May 5, 2020

Last updated

Aug 21, 2024By 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 2

Addresses

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

Lake Erie Col of Osteo Med at Seton Hill Univ, 2020

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

DLP Rutherford Physician Practices LLCGroup PAC ID 0345466561, 38 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Carolina Home Care Home health agency, Spindale, NC, CCN 347169
• Centerwell Home Health Home health agency, Shelby, NC, CCN 347317
• Rutherford Regional Medical Center Hospital, Rutherfordton, NC, CCN 340013
• Atrium Health Cleveland Hospital, Shelby, NC, CCN 340021

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Osteopathy

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: michael.couser.1@9573.direct.athenahealth.com

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.

• DLP Rutherford Physician Practices LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Forest City, NC
  • NPI 1962821322
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• DLP Rutherford Physician Practices LLC

  dba Rutherford Family Care

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Rutherfordton, NC
  • NPI 1720849391
  NPD
• DLP Rutherford Physician Practices LLC

  dba Rutherford Orthopaedics

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Rutherfordton, NC
  • NPI 1275943698
  NPD (past)

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

• Atrium Health Hospitals Inc

  dba Atrium Health Cleveland

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Shelby, NC
  • NPI 1669348991
  Care Compare affiliation
• DLP Rutherford Regional Health System, LLC

  dba Rutherford Regional Health System

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Rutherfordton, NC
  • NPI 1245321181
  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina in-Home Partner-V, LLC

  dba Carolina Home Care

  • Home Health Agency
  • Spindale, NC
  • NPI 1518406313
  Care Compare affiliation
• Total Care Home Health of North Carolina, LLC

  dba CenterWell Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Shelby, NC
  • NPI 1649203431
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "605 Nc 120 Hwy",
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• Joy Chapman, MSW
• Chrisman Adult Home, Inc.
• Clark Medical, Inc
• Cleveland Health Ventures LLC (Casp Internal Medicine)
• Comprehensive Pain Consultants of the Carolinas PLLC
• Kerry Natasha Crain, RN, FNP
• Brenton S Curry, PA-C
• Barbara Mary Davenport, M.D.
• Jerald Albert Delagarza, MD
• Victoria Ann Delestowicz, CNM

• Family Medicine Physician in Rutherfordton, NC
• Providers in Rutherfordton, 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 Aug 21, 2024; 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.