Athena Shay Garcia

Primary specialty

Family Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LF0000X

License

NP003989 Issued in GA

Practice address

56 Hospital St
Hiawassee, GA 30546-3251

Phone

(706) 896-7858

Fax

(706) 896-0877

NPI assigned

Mar 24, 2025

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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 GA

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 1

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2025

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

North Georgia Medicine LLC 16 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Chatuge Regional Hospital Hospital, Hiawassee, GA, CCN 111324
• Union General Hospital Hospital, Blairsville, GA, CCN 110051

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/16895/brand/1/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.

• North Georgia Medicine LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Blairsville, GA
  • NPI 1972766459

  GA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Hiawassee Family Practice P C

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hiawassee, GA
  • NPI 1285706879
  NPD (past)

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

• 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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            "city": "HIAWASSEE",
            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "305463251",
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        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
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            "address_1": "4799 Blue Ridge Dr Ste 104",
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            "city": "Blue Ridge",
            "state": "GA",
            "postal_code": "305133468",
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            "telephone_number": "706-632-1155",
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        },
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            "address_1": "346 Deep South Farm Rd Ste A",
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        "first_name": "ATHENA",
        "middle_name": "SHAY",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2025-03-24",
        "last_updated": "2026-07-21",
        "certification_date": "2026-07-21",
        "status": "A"
    },
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}

• Tracy L Edwards, MD
• Elizabeth Solomon PC
• Meagan Barnett Everett, OTD, OTR/L
• Elizabeth Alexandra Fagin
• Kristen Marie Ferrand, PTA
• Georgia Mountains Community Services
• Georgia Mountains Community Services
• Georgia Mountains Community Services
• Georgia Ophthalmology Referral Center, LLC
• Georgia Vision Center

• All providers in Hiawassee, GA
• Family Nurse Practitioner in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 21, 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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