Charles Edwin Baker, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Linville, NC
Charles Edwin Baker, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Linville, North Carolina, and NPI 1356308134, issued on Apr 27, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 18600, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles Edwin Baker
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 18600 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 436 Hospital Dr, Linville, NC 28646
- Phone
- (828) 737-7711
- Enumerated
- Apr 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 4, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 737-7713
- Medicaid ID
- 8912697 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040625000412); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 1973
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Charles Edwin Baker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 18600Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
46 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 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): 93.2 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Appalachian Regional Medical Associates IncBoone, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
3 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Linville
They are 3 of the 32 NPPES records with a practice address in Linville, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 3 in Linville → All 4,953 in North Carolina → Every provider in Linville →
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- Linda Abbott, FNPEdenton, NC1306839832
- Thomas Abbott, MDWinston Salem, NC1659359875
- Mark Abel, M.D.Rocky Mount, NC1225180961
- Alain Michael Abellada, M.D.Fort Bragg, NC1649582685
- David Abernethy, MDHudson, NC1790785798
- Aya Abou-Jaoude, MDAsheville, NC1568222131
- Seymore Abrons, M.D.Wilmington, NC1942205307
Common questions
What is Charles Edwin Baker, MD's NPI number?
Charles Edwin Baker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356308134, issued on Apr 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles Edwin Baker, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 436 Hospital Dr, Linville, NC, 28646. Phone: (828) 737-7711. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles Edwin Baker, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 18600, 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 Charles Edwin Baker, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles Edwin Baker, MD had 46 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Charles Edwin Baker, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.2 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.