Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Gastonia, NC
Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Gastonia, North Carolina, and NPI 1740893437, issued on Aug 24, 2020. Check the license (North Carolina 5013461, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 5013461 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2555 Court Dr Ste 200, Gastonia, NC 28054
- Phone
- (704) 834-3278
- Enumerated
- Aug 24, 2020
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20201019002330); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders 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 5013461Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
29 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.4 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $79.81
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). 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 2 group practices
- Carolinas Physicians Network IncConcord, NC
- Caromont Medical Group IncBelmont, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders among 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP 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 2020, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 67% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2018 among the 2,863 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
55 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Gastonia
They are 55 of the 2,833 NPPES records with a practice address in Gastonia, and 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP's NPI number?
Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740893437, issued on Aug 24, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2555 Court Dr Ste 200, Gastonia, NC, 28054. Phone: (704) 834-3278. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5013461, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP had 29 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Carlitha Sturdivant Saunders, NP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.4 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.