Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA
Physician Assistant · Winston Salem, NC
Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1700962321, issued on Oct 27, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 0010-00566, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kristen E. Rinkenberg
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 0010-00566 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 390 W Salem Ave, Winston Salem, NC 27101
- Phone
- (336) 721-2375
- Enumerated
- Oct 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 28, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070430000181); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 390 W Salem Ave
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Verify Kristen E. Rinkenberg 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 0010-00566Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
22% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,012 Medicare Part D claims for 320 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium161 claims
- Famotidine133 claims
- Omeprazole128 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl81 claims
- Ondansetron Odt51 claims
- Linzess50 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.6 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $31.02
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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.
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
- Gastroenterology Associates OF The Piedmont PAWinston Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kristen E. Rinkenberg among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina
Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA 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
- Graduated2005 · median 2017 among the 6,366 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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).
665 physician assistant records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 665 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA's NPI number?
Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700962321, issued on Oct 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 390 W Salem Ave, Winston Salem, NC, 27101. Phone: (336) 721-2375. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 0010-00566, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA had 1,012 Medicare Part D claims for 320 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kristen E. Rinkenberg, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.6 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.