Sara Lynn Branch, PA
Physician Assistant · Sanford, NC
Sara Lynn Branch, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Sanford, North Carolina, and NPI 1346520210, issued on Aug 24, 2011. Check the license (North Carolina 0010-03072, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Lynn Branch
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 0010-03072 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1135 Carthage St, Sanford, NC 27330
- Phone
- (919) 461-7132
- Enumerated
- Aug 24, 2011
- Record last updated
- Mar 6, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111026000346); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sara Lynn Branch 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 0010-03072Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
453 Medicare Part D claims for 156 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate31 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium29 claims
- Cefdinir23 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate22 claims
- Mirtazapine20 claims
- Prednisone20 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: $42.14
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, 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
- Fhpg LLCPinehurst, NC
- North Carolina MG LLCHolly Springs, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Lynn Branch among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina
Sara Lynn Branch, PA is one of 9,279 physician assistant records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 33% of these records are older, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2017 among the 6,366 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 35% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
56 physician assistant records list a practice address in Sanford
They are 56 of the 855 NPPES records with a practice address in Sanford, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Sara Lynn Branch, PA's NPI number?
Sara Lynn Branch, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346520210, issued on Aug 24, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Lynn Branch, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1135 Carthage St, Sanford, NC, 27330. Phone: (919) 461-7132. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Lynn Branch, PA's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 0010-03072, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Sara Lynn Branch, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sara Lynn Branch, PA had 453 Medicare Part D claims for 156 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sara Lynn Branch, PA'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.