NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Henry C. Watkins, DO

Emergency Medicine Physician · Morganton, NC

Henry C. Watkins, DO is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Morganton, North Carolina, and NPI 1922060193, issued on Apr 4, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200400279, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1922060193
Name
Henry C. Watkins
Credential
DO
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
200400279 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2201 S Sterling St, Morganton, NC 28655
Phone
(828) 580-5000
Enumerated
Apr 4, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 17, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
89138F9 NC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20041116000293); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
College Of Osteo Med Of The Pacific At Pomona, 1998
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2201 S Sterling St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Samuel Addo, MDInternal Medicine Physician1588314348
  2. Patricia Amoako, MDInternal Medicine Physician1770610370
  3. Keri Anthony, MA, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1316990377
  4. John AttiaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1073315719
  5. Amy Baker, D.O.Internal Medicine Physician1477998425
  6. Shivashanker Balasingham, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1598996944

Verify Henry C. Watkins in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

583 Medicare Part D claims for 361 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 79 claims were for opioids.

  1. Henry Watkins583
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Ondansetron Odt112 claims
  2. Cephalexin53 claims
  3. Cefdinir52 claims
  4. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen44 claims
  5. Doxycycline Hyclate38 claims
  6. Methylprednisolone30 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Wake Forest Emergency ProvidersHendersonville, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Henry C. Watkins among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina

Henry C. Watkins, DO is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 7% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated1998 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2009 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. John Hamel, MDMorganton, NC 286551619939899
  2. Clinton Hamrick, MDMorganton, NC 286551285696468
  3. Seth Hawkins, MDMorganton, NC 286551285696450
  4. Robert LeoMorganton, NC 286551881856086
  5. Osborne Macguire, MDMorganton, NC 286551851353023
  6. Jeffrey Roller, MDMorganton, NC 286551174584692
  7. Chad Ruechel, D.O.Morganton, NC 286551710149497
  8. Wun Augustin, D.O.North Wilkesboro, NC 286591174687834

Common questions

What is Henry C. Watkins, DO's NPI number?

Henry C. Watkins, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922060193, issued on Apr 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Henry C. Watkins, DO located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2201 S Sterling St, Morganton, NC, 28655. Phone: (828) 580-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Henry C. Watkins, DO's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200400279, 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 Henry C. Watkins, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Henry C. Watkins, DO had 583 Medicare Part D claims for 361 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Henry C. Watkins, DO's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.