Michael Ashley Brown, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Waynesville, NC
Michael Ashley Brown, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Waynesville, North Carolina, and NPI 1306874276, issued on Jun 29, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 35285, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Ashley Brown
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 35285 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1088 Brown Ave, Waynesville, NC 28786
- Phone
- (828) 456-2828
- Enumerated
- Jun 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 2, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 456-8903
- Medicaid ID
- 7919187 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100414000189); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina University, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1088 Brown Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Lynne Finger, MSW, LCSW, P.A.Clinical Social Worker1831126614
- Terisa Jones, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1720714330
- Sarah Lipham, FNPNurse Practitioner1801348347
- April Waldman-Slone, PA-CPhysician Assistant1285646315
- Ely Zaslow, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1346296050
Verify Michael Ashley Brown in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 35285Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
14,528 Medicare Part D claims for 544 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 1,378 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl538 claims
- Alprazolam500 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium461 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium389 claims
- Gabapentin348 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen332 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: $1,828.70
93 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Hazelwood Family Medicine PLLCWaynesville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Ashley Brown among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Michael Ashley Brown, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Waynesville
They are 11 of the 500 NPPES records with a practice address in Waynesville, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Michael Ashley Brown, MD's NPI number?
Michael Ashley Brown, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306874276, issued on Jun 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Ashley Brown, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1088 Brown Ave, Waynesville, NC, 28786. Phone: (828) 456-2828. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Ashley Brown, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 35285, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael Ashley Brown, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Ashley Brown, MD had 14,528 Medicare Part D claims for 544 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.