Kara Blankenship Cummings
Family Nurse Practitioner · Sylva, NC
Kara Blankenship Cummings is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Sylva, North Carolina, and NPI 1265130918, issued on Feb 22, 2023. Check the license (North Carolina 5017740, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Blankenship Cummings
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 5017740 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 98 Doctors Dr Ste 100, Sylva, NC 28779
- Phone
- (828) 631-8755
- Enumerated
- Feb 22, 2023
- Record last updated
- Feb 27, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230328001124); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest family nurse practitioner records → All 6,631 in North Carolina → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 98 Doctors Dr Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Katrina Coggins, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1891431185
Verify Kara Blankenship Cummings 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 5017740Check 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% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
1,273 Medicare Part D claims for 370 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl361 claims
- Solifenacin Succinate138 claims
- Methenamine Hippurate89 claims
- Estradiol81 claims
- Gemtesa69 claims
- Trospium Chloride68 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $450.12
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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
- Dlp Western Carolina Physician Practices LLCSylva, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kara Blankenship Cummings among 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Kara Blankenship Cummings is one of 6,631 family 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 2023, is newer than 78% of them.
- NPI issued2023 · 78% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2019 among the 4,000 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 35% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
42 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Sylva
They are 42 of the 554 NPPES records with a practice address in Sylva, and 6,631 family nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jonathan Bentley, FNPSylva, NC 287791720595424
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- Kalee Golden, RNSylva, NC 287791265799159
- Brittany Harris, NP-CSylva, NC 287791285276048
- Alida Herrera, NP-CSylva, NC 287791023189255
- Janet James, FNP-CSylva, NC 287791225171432
- Sara McKenna, NP-CSylva, NC 287791881053585
- Besan Nash, RN, FNPSylva, NC 287791588949242
Common questions
What is Kara Blankenship Cummings's NPI number?
Kara Blankenship Cummings's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265130918, issued on Feb 22, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Blankenship Cummings located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 98 Doctors Dr Ste 100, Sylva, NC, 28779. Phone: (828) 631-8755. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Blankenship Cummings's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5017740, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara Blankenship Cummings prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Blankenship Cummings had 1,273 Medicare Part D claims for 370 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.