Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo
Physician Assistant · Franklin, NC
Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo is a physician assistant with a practice address in Franklin, North Carolina, and NPI 1275260176, issued on Aug 2, 2022. Check the license with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 55 Holly Springs Park Dr, Franklin, NC 28734
- Phone
- (828) 349-3550
- Enumerated
- Aug 2, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jul 14, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240319000541); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
700 Medicare Part D claims for 213 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium30 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate24 claims
- Omeprazole21 claims
- Lisinopril17 claims
- Losartan Potassium16 claims
- Alprazolam15 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $631.25
35 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. 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.
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
- Dlp Western Carolina Physician Practices LLCFranklin, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina
Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo 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 2022, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 77% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2017 among the 6,366 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
10 physician assistant records list a practice address in Franklin
They are 10 of the 349 NPPES records with a practice address in Franklin, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo's NPI number?
Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275260176, issued on Aug 2, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 55 Holly Springs Park Dr, Franklin, NC, 28734. Phone: (828) 349-3550. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo's license?
Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benedicta Nyarkoa Pongo had 700 Medicare Part D claims for 213 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.