Laura Knight Brooks, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Bessemer City, NC
Laura Knight Brooks, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Bessemer City, North Carolina, and NPI 1417953548, issued on Jun 23, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 001000049, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura Knight Brooks
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 001000049 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 119 W Pennsylvania Ave, Bessemer City, NC 28016
- Phone
- (704) 629-3465
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 9, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (704) 629-1355
- Medicaid ID
- R115365 NC
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 119 W Pennsylvania Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Laura Knight Brooks 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 001000049Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
7,971 Medicare Part D claims for 340 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 73 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium532 claims
- Lisinopril357 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate304 claims
- Gabapentin233 claims
- Jardiance225 claims
- Trazodone Hcl209 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: $427.63
23 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.
Laura Knight Brooks among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina
Laura Knight Brooks, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 96% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 69% of these records are
- Record last updated2011 · 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).
1 physician assistant record lists a practice address in Bessemer City
They are 1 of the 27 NPPES records with a practice address in Bessemer City, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Laura Knight Brooks, PA-C's NPI number?
Laura Knight Brooks, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417953548, issued on Jun 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Knight Brooks, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 119 W Pennsylvania Ave, Bessemer City, NC, 28016. Phone: (704) 629-3465. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Knight Brooks, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 001000049, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Laura Knight Brooks, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura Knight Brooks, PA-C had 7,971 Medicare Part D claims for 340 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.