NPI Lookup North Carolina — Find NC Healthcare Providers

About North Carolina Healthcare Providers in NPPES

The NPPES registry contains approximately 58,000 active NPI records for North Carolina healthcare providers. These include individual practitioners (physicians, nurses, dentists, therapists, and more) and organizational providers (hospitals, group practices, clinics, and pharmacies). Major healthcare institutions in North Carolina include Atrium Health, Duke Health, UNC Health, Novant Health, WakeMed. Provider records are updated by providers themselves within 30 days of any change, and the registry is refreshed daily.

How to Find an NPI Number in North Carolina

The search tool above is pre-filtered to show North Carolina providers by default. Enter a provider's last name in the "By Provider Name" tab for the fastest results. For specific providers, entering both first and last name narrows results quickly. To find hospitals, clinics, or pharmacies operating in North Carolina, use the "By Organization" tab and enter the facility or practice name. To look up a known NPI number and verify it belongs to a North Carolina provider, use the "By NPI Number" tab.

North Carolina Healthcare Provider Overview

Healthcare in North Carolina is served by a network of providers across major cities including Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem. North Carolina providers span all medical specialties — from primary care physicians and family medicine to specialized surgical centers, behavioral health providers, and long-term care facilities. All providers who accept insurance, bill Medicare or Medicaid, or participate in electronic health record systems are listed in the NPPES NPI registry with active NPI records.

North Carolina Medical Board

The North Carolina Medical Board is the state regulatory authority that issues and oversees medical licenses in North Carolina. For license status verification, disciplinary actions, and medical board certification, visit the official website at https://www.ncmedboard.org. While this NPI lookup tool confirms a provider's federal NPPES enrollment, state license verification through the North Carolina Medical Board is a separate but equally important step in complete provider credential verification. Both NPPES and state board data should be checked during credentialing workflows.

Common Healthcare Specialties in North Carolina

Healthcare providers in North Carolina cover the full spectrum of medical specialties. The most commonly registered specialties in the NPPES registry for North Carolina include internal medicine, family medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, orthopedics, psychiatry, neurology, and radiology. North Carolina also has significant numbers of advanced practice nurses (NPs, CRNAs, CNMs), physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and clinical psychologists — all of whom have NPI records in NPPES.

NPI Lookup for North Carolina Medicaid and Medicare

Verifying NPI enrollment for North Carolina providers who participate in state Medicaid or federal Medicare programs requires checking multiple databases. This NPPES tool provides the foundational identity verification. For North Carolina Medicaid enrollment, check with the state Medicaid agency directly. For Medicare enrollment, use the CMS PECOS system (see our PECOS NPI Lookup tool). For DEA prescribing authority verification for North Carolina providers, see our DEA License Lookup by NPI tool.

Related North Carolina Healthcare Resources

Additional resources for North Carolina provider verification: the North Carolina Medical Board at https://www.ncmedboard.org for license verification; the OIG LEIE exclusion database at oig.hhs.gov for Medicaid/Medicare exclusion checks; the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) for malpractice and disciplinary history; and CMS Medicare Physician Compare for Medicare enrollment verification. Using all these resources together constitutes a comprehensive provider credential verification process.

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