Charlene Hester Smith, APRN
Adult Health Nurse Practitioner · West Columbia, SC
Charlene Hester Smith, APRN is an adult health nurse practitioner with a practice address in West Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1568187961, issued on Oct 7, 2022. Check the license (South Carolina 26808, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charlene Hester Smith
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Adult Health Nurse Practitioner 363LA2200X
- License numbers
- 26808 SC
230596 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 146 E Hospital Dr Ste 140, West Columbia, SC 29169
- Phone
- (803) 936-7076
- Enumerated
- Oct 7, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jan 16, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221207001750); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Charlene Hester Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 26808Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average adult health nurse practitioner in 2024
2,821 Medicare Part D claims for 490 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,280 among the 16,937 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Donepezil Hcl391 claims
- Memantine Hcl250 claims
- Levetiracetam225 claims
- Topiramate121 claims
- Carbidopa-Levodopa101 claims
- Primidone94 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $900.77
42 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,291 providers of this specialty with any payment received $946.40 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
- Lexington Health IncWest Columbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charlene Hester Smith among 402 adult health nurse practitioner records in South Carolina
Charlene Hester Smith, APRN is one of 402 adult health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in South Carolina. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 90% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 90% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2015 among the 224 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LA2200X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
49 adult health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in West Columbia
They are 49 of the 1,887 NPPES records with a practice address in West Columbia, and 402 adult health nurse practitioner records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Charlene Hester Smith, APRN's NPI number?
Charlene Hester Smith, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568187961, issued on Oct 7, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charlene Hester Smith, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 146 E Hospital Dr Ste 140, West Columbia, SC, 29169. Phone: (803) 936-7076. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charlene Hester Smith, APRN's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 26808, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Charlene Hester Smith, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charlene Hester Smith, APRN had 2,821 Medicare Part D claims for 490 beneficiaries; the average among adult health nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,280. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Charlene Hester Smith, APRN's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.