NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kendrick Paluso, PA-C

Physician Assistant · Asheville, NC

Kendrick Paluso, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1700985470, issued on Sep 21, 2006. Check the license with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1700985470
Name
Kendrick Paluso
Credential
PA-C
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
Practice location
509 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone
(828) 213-1111
Enumerated
Sep 21, 2006
Record last updated
Jan 25, 2022
Medicaid ID
3665552 TN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200311001730); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine, 2000
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 509 Biltmore Ave

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

  1. Nicole Abello, DOHospitalist Physician1205576444
  2. Maroun Aboutayeh, D.O.Internal Medicine Physician1447757992
  3. Edgar Acuna Morin, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1780172692
  4. Saisree Reddy Adla Jala, MBBSInternal Medicine Physician1730855230
  5. Sameera Ahmad, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1831135805
  6. Lisa Alexander-Danks, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1083854467

Verify Kendrick Paluso in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this professionCheck the board
  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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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 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.

  1. Qualitynot scored (reweighted)
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Industry payments in 2024: $96.64

5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Kendrick Paluso$96.64
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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

  1. Mission Health Community Multispecialty Providers LLCAsheville, NC

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

Kendrick Paluso among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina

Kendrick Paluso, PA-C is one of 9,279 physician assistant 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 80% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • Graduated2000 · median 2017 among the 6,366 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 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 363A00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

363 physician assistant records list a practice address in Asheville

They are 363 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Lorrie Bowen, MHS, PA-CAsheville, NC 288011114975323
  2. David Cole, PA-CAsheville, NC 288011801837414
  3. Mary Ellen Gardner, P.A.Asheville, NC 288011184699035
  4. Ronald Heninger, PAAsheville, NC 288011538106950
  5. Karen Hoffman, PA-CAsheville, NC 288011205876109
  6. Elisha Moss, P.A.Asheville, NC 288011205801289
  7. Linda Oliver, PAAsheville, NC 288011649274325
  8. Laura Panzer, PACAsheville, NC 288011649231911

Common questions

What is Kendrick Paluso, PA-C's NPI number?

Kendrick Paluso, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700985470, issued on Sep 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kendrick Paluso, PA-C located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 509 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801. Phone: (828) 213-1111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kendrick Paluso, PA-C's license?

Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is Kendrick Paluso, PA-C's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.