Blythe Winchester
Family Medicine Physician · Cherokee, NC
Blythe Winchester is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Cherokee, North Carolina, and NPI 1720004310, issued on Jul 15, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2009-00861, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Blythe Winchester
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 2009-00861 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1 Hospital Road, Cherokee, NC 28719
- Phone
- (828) 497-9163
- Enumerated
- Jul 15, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1 Hospital Road
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Blythe Winchester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2009-00861Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,678 Medicare Part D claims for 354 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,519 among the 111,126 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 27% of claims. 288 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril473 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium460 claims
- Gabapentin428 claims
- Furosemide365 claims
- Ozempic323 claims
- Omeprazole300 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.
The Medicare quality score for 2023: 3.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
One hospital or facility affiliation
- Cherokee Indian Hospital AuthorityCherkoee, NC · Acute Care Hospitals
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
18 family medicine physician records list a Cherokee practice address
They are 18 of the 251 NPPES records with a Cherokee practice address, and 4,736 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 18 in Cherokee → All 4,736 in North Carolina → Every provider in Cherokee →
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Common questions
What is Blythe Winchester's NPI number?
Blythe Winchester's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720004310, issued on Jul 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Blythe Winchester located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Hospital Road, Cherokee, NC, 28719. Phone: (828) 497-9163. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Blythe Winchester's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2009-00861, 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 Blythe Winchester prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Blythe Winchester had 10,678 Medicare Part D claims for 354 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,519. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Blythe Winchester's Medicare quality score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 3.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.