NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Angela Valory Connaughton, MD

Pulmonary Disease Physician · Sylva, NC

Angela Valory Connaughton, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Sylva, North Carolina, and NPI 1659456564, issued on Oct 26, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200600397, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1659456564
Name
Angela Valory Connaughton
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
License number
200600397 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
186 Medical Park Loop, Sylva, NC 28779
Phone
(828) 586-7994
Enumerated
Oct 26, 2006
Record last updated
Sep 5, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(828) 586-7340
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 186 Medical Park Loop

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Beth Bailey, MDSleep Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1033177910
  2. Vashti Colvin, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1013583939
  3. Judith Seago, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1154476125
  4. Brad Todd-Pillman, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1528087491
  5. Elizabeth Tulou, MA PSYCHOLOGYPsychologist1669588703
  6. Jodie Wade, NPNurse Practitioner1952495525

Verify Angela Valory Connaughton in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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96% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024

2,794 Medicare Part D claims for 374 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Angela Connaughton2,794
  2. Specialty average1,425

Most prescribed

  1. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa336 claims
  2. Trelegy Ellipta250 claims
  3. Prednisone223 claims
  4. Azithromycin131 claims
  5. Breo Ellipta104 claims
  6. Ofev81 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $475.36

21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Angela Connaughton$475.36
  2. Specialty average$5,159.88

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Angela Valory Connaughton among 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina

Angela Valory Connaughton, MD is one of 429 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 13% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 46% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 78% of these records are
  • Record last updated2012 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Wael Aljishi, MDHendersonville, NC 287911316105489
  2. Robert Cook, MDHendersonville, NC 287921356432561
  3. Gary Prechter, M.D.Hendersonville, NC 287921154397412
  4. Alexandru Spulber, MDHendersonville, NC 287921699316646
  5. Antine Stenbit, MDHendersonville, NC 287921659475432
  6. Stephanie Woolley, MDHendersonville, NC 287921952332876
  7. W Bazemore, M.D.Asheville, NC 288011457445066
  8. Gregory Campbell, MDAsheville, NC 288011528048949

Common questions

What is Angela Valory Connaughton, MD's NPI number?

Angela Valory Connaughton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659456564, issued on Oct 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Angela Valory Connaughton, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 186 Medical Park Loop, Sylva, NC, 28779. Phone: (828) 586-7994. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Angela Valory Connaughton, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200600397, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Angela Valory Connaughton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Angela Valory Connaughton, MD had 2,794 Medicare Part D claims for 374 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Angela Valory Connaughton, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.