Bettina Eckard
Nurse Practitioner · Hickory, NC
Bettina Eckard is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1770717266, issued on May 12, 2009. Check the license (North Carolina 5004363, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bettina Eckard
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 5004363 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1899 Tate Blvd SE Ste 2101, Hickory, NC 28602
- Phone
- (828) 327-7788
- Enumerated
- May 12, 2009
- Record last updated
- Aug 13, 2025
- Fax
- (828) 327-0112
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090605000462); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1899 Tate Blvd SE Ste 2101
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Verify Bettina Eckard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 5004363Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
878 Medicare Part D claims for 169 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 25% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sevelamer Carbonate253 claims
- Velphoro89 claims
- Lanthanum Carbonate59 claims
- Auryxia47 claims
- Nifedipine Er43 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate32 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: $78.36
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Piedmont Nephrology And Hypertension Associates PAHickory, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bettina Eckard among 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Bettina Eckard is one of 4,524 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 24% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 24% of these records are older, 74% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2018 among the 2,863 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 34% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
51 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Hickory
They are 51 of the 2,124 NPPES records with a practice address in Hickory, and 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Bettina Eckard's NPI number?
Bettina Eckard's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770717266, issued on May 12, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bettina Eckard located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1899 Tate Blvd SE Ste 2101, Hickory, NC, 28602. Phone: (828) 327-7788. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bettina Eckard's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5004363, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Bettina Eckard prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bettina Eckard had 878 Medicare Part D claims for 169 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.