Caroline Wainright Bessey, MD

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

202302995 Issued in NC

Practice address

148 Highway 105 Ext Ste 102
Boone, NC 28607-5682

Phone

(828) 386-2222

Fax

(828) 386-2223

NPI assigned

Mar 30, 2021

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

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

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 2021

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Clay Comprehensive Health Services IncGroup PAC ID 8921082181, 5 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Mountain Home Health Services Home health agency, Hayesville, NC, CCN 347033
• Erlanger Murphy Medical Center Hospital, Murphy, NC, CCN 341328
• Union General Hospital Hospital, Blairsville, GA, CCN 110051
• Chatuge Regional Hospital Hospital, Hiawassee, GA, CCN 111324

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: caroline.bessey.1@33179.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 and National Provider Directory roles.

• Clay Comprehensive Health Services, Inc.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hayesville, NC
  • NPI 1659362911

  Family Medicine, NC

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Highlands, NC
  • NPI 1437725041

  Family Medicine, NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Clyde, NC
  • NPI 1407200264

  Family Medicine, NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1801261391

  Family Medicine, NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Sylva, NC
  • NPI 1881130540

  NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Bryson City, NC
  • NPI 1124668868

  Family Medicine, NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1225029051

  Family Medicine, NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Hendersonville, NC
  • NPI 1437593787

  Family Medicine, NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Columbus, NC
  • NPI 1750757803

  NC

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Brevard, NC
  • NPI 1750144119

  Family Medicine

  NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services Inc

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Arden, NC
  • NPI 1912324740

  Family Medicine

  NPD
• Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Brevard, NC
  • NPI 1578827507
  NPD

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

• Mountain Home Health Services, LLC

  • Home Health Agency
  • Hayesville, NC
  • NPI 1164811550
  Care Compare affiliation
• Murphy Medical Center Inc

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Murphy, NC
  • NPI 1801831102

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Chatuge Regional Hospital Inc

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Hiawassee, GA
  • NPI 1326028978

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Union County Hospital Authority

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Blairsville, GA
  • NPI 1487684122

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Travis Manning Berk, MA, LMFT, LCASA
• Marguerite Berkowitz, ATC
• Grant Anderson Berry, MACCCA
• Gwendolyn Berry
• Bethany Gentry Counseling Services PLLC
• Better Days and Nights, PLLC
• Parth Yatin Bhatt, PHARMD, BCPS
• Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.
• Blaire E. Warren, DDS, PLLC

• All providers in Boone, NC
• Family Medicine Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 1, 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.

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