Brie Michele Folkner, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Spruce Pine, NC
Brie Michele Folkner, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, and NPI 1326272824, issued on May 12, 2009. Check the license (North Carolina 201101437, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brie Michele Folkner
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 201101437 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 537 Altapass Hwy Ste C, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
- Phone
- (828) 424-9088
- Enumerated
- May 12, 2009
- Record last updated
- Oct 31, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130207000426); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Florida College Of Medicine, 2009
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brie Michele Folkner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 201101437Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
14,641 Medicare Part D claims for 711 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 635 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium564 claims
- Lisinopril497 claims
- Omeprazole477 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide390 claims
- Trazodone Hcl341 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium334 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: $569.55
38 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Brie Folkner MD PCSpruce Pine, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brie Michele Folkner among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Brie Michele Folkner, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% 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 61% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 61% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
9 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Spruce Pine
They are 9 of the 132 NPPES records with a practice address in Spruce Pine, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 4,953 in North Carolina → Every provider in Spruce Pine → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nicole Allen, DO, FAAFPSpruce Pine, NC 287771932550381
- Dorothy Bobbe, MDSpruce Pine, NC 287771629086368
- Stephen Hayes, MDSpruce Pine, NC 287771689171886
- Steven Hill, MDSpruce Pine, NC 287771609860055
- Albert Kuhne, MDSpruce Pine, NC 287771063448637
- Susan Snider, M.D.Spruce Pine, NC 287771801870753
- M. Merikaton Stella, M.D.Spruce Pine, NC 287771538141866
- Dwight Willett, M.D.Spruce Pine, NC 287771598994956
Common questions
What is Brie Michele Folkner, MD's NPI number?
Brie Michele Folkner, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326272824, issued on May 12, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brie Michele Folkner, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 537 Altapass Hwy Ste C, Spruce Pine, NC, 28777. Phone: (828) 424-9088. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brie Michele Folkner, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 201101437, 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 Brie Michele Folkner, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brie Michele Folkner, MD had 14,641 Medicare Part D claims for 711 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.