Robert Alston Barker, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Asheville, NC
Robert Alston Barker, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1548290489, issued on Jul 4, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina NC 27771, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- Robert Alston Barker
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- NC 27771 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 333 Gashes Creek RD, Asheville, NC 28803
- Phone
- (828) 298-0333
- Enumerated
- Jul 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 27, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 298-0050
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert Alston Barker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Robert Alston Barker among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Robert Alston Barker, 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 not. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2016 · 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).
243 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 243 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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Common questions
What is Robert Alston Barker, MD's NPI number?
Robert Alston Barker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548290489, issued on Jul 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Alston Barker, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 333 Gashes Creek RD, Asheville, NC, 28803. Phone: (828) 298-0333. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Alston Barker, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number NC 27771, 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.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. 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.