Karla Porter McGaha, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner · Asheville, NC
Karla Porter McGaha, FNP-BC is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1720393309, issued on Aug 8, 2010. Check the license (North Carolina 5004816, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karla Porter McGaha
- Credential
- FNP-BC
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 5004816 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1983 Hendersonville RD, Asheville, NC 28803
- Phone
- (828) 651-0450
- Enumerated
- Aug 8, 2010
- Record last updated
- Apr 14, 2025
- Fax
- (855) 308-2340
- Medicaid ID
- 1720393309 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101005000284); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karla Porter McGaha 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 5004816Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
56% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
485 Medicare Part D claims for 108 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Liothyronine Sodium132 claims
- Progesterone86 claims
- Anastrozole69 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium64 claims
- Testosterone Cypionate41 claims
- Armour Thyroid18 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: $242.24
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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 one group practice
- Lamond Family Medicine PLLCAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karla Porter McGaha among 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Karla Porter McGaha, FNP-BC 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 2010, is newer than 26% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 26% of these records are older, 72% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2018 among the 2,863 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
198 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 198 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Karla Porter McGaha, FNP-BC's NPI number?
Karla Porter McGaha, FNP-BC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720393309, issued on Aug 8, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karla Porter McGaha, FNP-BC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1983 Hendersonville RD, Asheville, NC, 28803. Phone: (828) 651-0450. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karla Porter McGaha, FNP-BC's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5004816, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Karla Porter McGaha, FNP-BC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karla Porter McGaha, FNP-BC had 485 Medicare Part D claims for 108 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.