NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Meagan Kirkley Branham, CRNA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Columbia, SC

Meagan Kirkley Branham, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1962063115, issued on Jun 27, 2019. Check the license (South Carolina 22979, as entered in NPPES) with the South 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
1962063115
Name
Meagan Kirkley Branham
Credential
CRNA
Primary taxonomy
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
License number
22979 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2435 Forest Dr, Columbia, SC 29204
Phone
(803) 256-5613
Enumerated
Jun 27, 2019
Record last updated
May 2, 2022
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190821003606); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 2019
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 2435 Forest Dr

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

  1. Jaime AdamsAnesthesiology Physician1720413230
  2. Timothy Adams, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1891749107
  3. Christina Adkins, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1386232890
  4. Anees Ahmad, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1124709332
  5. Oluwasegun AkintiInternal Medicine Physician1215678826
  6. William Allen, MDSpecialist1700856218

Verify Meagan Kirkley Branham in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
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  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): 84.4 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. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score88.3
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%69.5
  3. Promoting interoperabilitynot scored (reweighted)
  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: $98.61

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Meagan Branham$98.61
  2. Specialty average$135.08

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

  1. Charleston Gastroenterology SpecialistsCharleston, SC
  2. Medstream Anesthesia PLLCNewberry, SC

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

Meagan Kirkley Branham among 1,868 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in South Carolina

Meagan Kirkley Branham, CRNA is one of 1,868 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in South Carolina. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 78% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 78% of these records are older, 20% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2012 among the 1,415 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

166 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Columbia

They are 166 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,868 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in South Carolina.

The 8 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Susan Beriault-Williams, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041700831930
  2. Karin Bonfili, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041598705824
  3. Kelley Evans, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041528028669
  4. Melinda Gibson, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041851351936
  5. Kerin Harris, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041053371013
  6. Elizabeth Huggins, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041639132582
  7. Dianne JenkinsColumbia, SC 292041003876145
  8. Virginia Kearse, CRNAColumbia, SC 292041225098379

Common questions

What is Meagan Kirkley Branham, CRNA's NPI number?

Meagan Kirkley Branham, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962063115, issued on Jun 27, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Meagan Kirkley Branham, CRNA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2435 Forest Dr, Columbia, SC, 29204. Phone: (803) 256-5613. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Meagan Kirkley Branham, CRNA's license?

NPPES lists South Carolina license number 22979, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is Meagan Kirkley Branham, CRNA's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.4 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.