Cara Louise Obrien, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Winston Salem, NC
Cara Louise Obrien, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1326224908, issued on Jan 14, 2008. Check the license (North Carolina 2008-00770, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Louise Obrien
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License numbers
- 2008-00770 NC
122362 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157
- Phone
- (336) 716-9252
- Enumerated
- Jan 14, 2008
- Record last updated
- Dec 5, 2025
- Fax
- (336) 716-0030
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080710000635); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Washington University School Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cara Louise Obrien in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2008-00770Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
52% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
252 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium19 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium19 claims
- Losartan Potassium15 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate13 claims
- Myrbetriq13 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate12 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Duke University Health System, IncDurham, NC
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cara Louise Obrien among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
Cara Louise Obrien, MD is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 33% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
183 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 183 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Cara Louise Obrien, MD's NPI number?
Cara Louise Obrien, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326224908, issued on Jan 14, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Louise Obrien, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (336) 716-9252. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Louise Obrien, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2008-00770, 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 Cara Louise Obrien, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Louise Obrien, MD had 252 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.