Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD
Surgery Physician · Hendersonville, NC
Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and NPI 1174780605, issued on May 21, 2008. Check the license (North Carolina 2023-00071, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Valentino Piacentino
- Credential
- MD PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 2023-00071 NC
E-9440 AR
51805 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 80 Doctors Dr Ste 1, Hendersonville, NC 28792
- Phone
- (828) 654-0073
- Enumerated
- May 21, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jan 19, 2024
- Fax
- (828) 681-5036
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230714001204); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 80 Doctors Dr Ste 1
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Valentino Piacentino in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2023-00071Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
111 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 46 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen20 claims
- Tramadol Hcl14 claims
- Clopidogrel11 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $393.88
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ethicon US, LLC. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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 3 group practices
- Appalachian Regional Medical Associates IncBoone, NC
- Arkansas Healthcare Services LLCHot Springs, AR
- Unc Rockingham Health Care IncEden, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Valentino Piacentino among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina
Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 58% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
18 surgery physician records list a practice address in Hendersonville
They are 18 of the 1,658 NPPES records with a practice address in Hendersonville, and 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
All 1,170 in North Carolina → Every provider in Hendersonville → Surgery Physician nationwide →
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- David Kulick, MD, PHDHendersonville, NC 287921942256284
- Melissa Logan, M.D.Hendersonville, NC 287921164403887
- David Onofrey, M.D.Hendersonville, NC 287921083685598
- Demetri Poulis, MDHendersonville, NC 287921275515538
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Common questions
What is Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD's NPI number?
Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174780605, issued on May 21, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 80 Doctors Dr Ste 1, Hendersonville, NC, 28792. Phone: (828) 654-0073. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2023-00071, 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 Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD had 111 Medicare Part D claims for 65 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Valentino Piacentino, MD PHD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.