NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C

Physician Assistant · Hickory, NC

Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1346593175, issued on Oct 17, 2012. Check the license (North Carolina 07610, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1346593175
Name
Ashley R. Lancaster
Credential
PA-C
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
07610 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1870 N Center St, Hickory, NC 28601
Phone
(828) 322-7546
Enumerated
Oct 17, 2012
Record last updated
Aug 5, 2022
Fax
(828) 322-9927
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180104001620); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1870 N Center St

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

  1. Charles Reed, M.D.Dermatology Physician1982693842

Verify Ashley R. Lancaster in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
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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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27% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

1,050 Medicare Part D claims for 509 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.

  1. Ashley Lancaster1,050
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Triamcinolone Acetonide132 claims
  2. Fluorouracil123 claims
  3. Ketoconazole91 claims
  4. Mupirocin85 claims
  5. Fluocinonide71 claims
  6. Finasteride55 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $991.11

53 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ashley Lancaster$991.11
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Skin Surgery Center PAWinston Salem, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ashley R. Lancaster among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina

Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C is one of 9,279 physician assistant records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 35% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 35% of these records are older, 62% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2017 among the 6,366 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 35% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

128 physician assistant records list a practice address in Hickory

They are 128 of the 2,124 NPPES records with a practice address in Hickory, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Remus Bullard, PA-CHickory, NC 286011790728145
  2. Michael Cowick, PAHickory, NC 286011952363236
  3. Tracy Earl, P.A.Hickory, NC 286011053310250
  4. Dana Galinsky-Malaguti, P.A.Hickory, NC 286011366411704
  5. Marc Katz, P.A.-CHickory, NC 286011841284601
  6. Joel Kunze, P.A.Hickory, NC 286011265418586
  7. Bradford Lawrence, PA-CHickory, NC 286011376505651
  8. Linda Markley, PAHickory, NC 286011891714408

Common questions

What is Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C's NPI number?

Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346593175, issued on Oct 17, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1870 N Center St, Hickory, NC, 28601. Phone: (828) 322-7546. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 07610, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C had 1,050 Medicare Part D claims for 509 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Ashley R. Lancaster, PA-C'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.