Kenneth W Porter-Shirley, MD

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207P00000X

License

200300682 Issued in NC

Practice address

32 Orange St
Asheville, NC 28801-2341

Phone

(828) 771-5012

Fax

(828) 281-3164

NPI assigned

Jun 16, 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 3

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

Emergency Medicine

Education

East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, 1999

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Kernersville Emergency Group, PLLCGroup PAC ID 3375885429, 53 clinicians

Emergency Coverage LLCGroup PAC ID 3072412592, 761 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Hospital, Asheville, NC, CCN 340002
• The McDowell Hospital Hospital, Marion, NC, CCN 340087
• Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC, CCN 340014

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as group

Quality

98.67

Improvement activities

40

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

89.09 of 100Reported as group

Quality

84.49

Improvement activities

40

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

92.02 of 100Reported as group

Quality

82.48

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kportershirley500450@carolinashealthcaresystem.direct-ci.com
• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/14272/brand/70/csg/1/fhir/r4

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.

• Kernersville Emergency Group, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Kernersville, NC
  • NPI 1750852034
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Emergency Coverage, LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Newport, TN
  • NPI 1427005008

  Emergency Medicine, NC

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Brunswick Physician Partners, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Bolivia, NC
  • NPI 1457822264
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Gastonia Physician Services, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Gastonia, NC
  • NPI 1316367691
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Kinston Physicians Group, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Kinston, NC
  • NPI 1689923757
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• North Carolina Emergency Physicians, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Laurinburg, NC
  • NPI 1003861386
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Piedmont Triad Physicians, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Thomasville, NC
  • NPI 1295206464
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Tanglewood Park Physicians, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Clemmons, NC
  • NPI 1093286379
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• The Carolinas Emergency Group, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Dunn, NC
  • NPI 1477508836
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Western Carolina Emergency Physicians, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Albemarle, NC
  • NPI 1134391758
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Yadkin Emergency Physicians, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Elkin, NC
  • NPI 1417443771
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Gastonia Physician Services, PLLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Belmont, NC
  • NPI 1104644004
  NPD

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

• Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1447200233
  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Nebo, NC
  • NPI 1144796301

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Marion, NC
  • NPI 1225513948
  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Marion, NC
  • NPI 1265908479

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Marion, NC
  • NPI 1346716552

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Marion, NC
  • NPI 1609342815

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Marion, NC
  • NPI 1619443827

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

  • Rural Health Clinic/Center
  • Forest City, NC
  • NPI 1962978122

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• MH Mission Hospital, LLLP

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1962987677
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Gregory Hunter Pope, MSN, AGACNP-BC
• Roxanne Bryson Pope
• William Bruce Pope, O.D.
• Tadeusz F Poplawski, MD
• Julia Karen Popowski, LCMHC
• Angela K Porter, PHARMD
• Beth Starr Porter, LMBT
• Kellee Renee Bivens Porter, PH.D.
• Stephanie J Porter, C.N.S.
• James Posedel, M.S., LPCA, CDWF

• Emergency Medicine Physician in Asheville, NC
• Providers in Asheville, NC by specialty
• Emergency Medicine Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 12, 2025; 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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