Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA
Physician Assistant · Forest City, NC
Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Forest City, North Carolina, and NPI 1326044165, issued on Jun 27, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 102802, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Margaret Chesser Krusch
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 102802 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 136 Sparks Dr, Forest City, NC 28043
- Phone
- (828) 288-6320
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 25, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070921000076); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 136 Sparks Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Beverly Conner, FNPNurse Practitioner1922520311
- Andrew Delmas, MDInternal Medicine Physician1750582672
- Sini Kalapurakal, MDMedical Oncology Physician1437311958
- Matthew Rees, MDHematology & Oncology Physician1114014552
- Donald TownsendMedical Oncology Physician1164447660
Verify Margaret Chesser Krusch 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 102802Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
About as many Medicare Part D claims as the average physician assistant in 2024
832 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 60 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Anastrozole164 claims
- Hydroxyurea47 claims
- Eliquis40 claims
- Mirtazapine34 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl30 claims
- Prednisone22 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): 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $214.15
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Daiichi Sankyo 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 2 group practices
- Carolinas Physicians Network IncCharlotte, NC
- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital AuthorityForest City, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
22 physician assistant records list a practice address in Forest City
They are 22 of the 253 NPPES records with a practice address in Forest City, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
All 22 in Forest City → All 9,279 in North Carolina → Every provider in Forest City →
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Common questions
What is Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA's NPI number?
Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326044165, issued on Jun 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 136 Sparks Dr, Forest City, NC, 28043. Phone: (828) 288-6320. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 102802, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA had 832 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Margaret Chesser Krusch, PA'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.