Linda Brown Barton, FNP
Nurse Practitioner · Asheville, NC
Linda Brown Barton, FNP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1336254549, issued on Aug 20, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 201851, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Linda Brown Barton
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License numbers
- 201851 NC
000201851 NC
30621 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 750 Alliance CT, Asheville, NC 28806
- Phone
- (828) 670-6812
- Enumerated
- Aug 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 26, 2025
- Fax
- (828) 670-5703
- Medicaid ID
- 7004064 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080723000089); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Linda Brown Barton 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 201851Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average nurse practitioner in 2024
6,186 Medicare Part D claims for 1,014 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 63% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ozempic635 claims
- Mounjaro529 claims
- Jardiance521 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er313 claims
- Soliqua 100-33266 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium178 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): 88.7 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: $934.36
47 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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 2 group practices
- Asheville Endocrinology Consultants PAAsheville, NC
- Novant Health Western Carolina Medical Group LLCAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Linda Brown Barton among 4,524 nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Linda Brown Barton, FNP 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 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · 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 Linda Brown Barton, FNP's NPI number?
Linda Brown Barton, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336254549, issued on Aug 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Linda Brown Barton, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 750 Alliance CT, Asheville, NC, 28806. Phone: (828) 670-6812. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Linda Brown Barton, FNP's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 201851, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Linda Brown Barton, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Linda Brown Barton, FNP had 6,186 Medicare Part D claims for 1,014 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Linda Brown Barton, FNP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88.7 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.