Valerie Alayne Gaston, MIDWIFE
Advanced Practice Midwife · Hickory, NC
Valerie Alayne Gaston, MIDWIFE is an advanced practice midwife with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1013116961, issued on Jul 12, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 129806, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Valerie Alayne Gaston
- Credential
- MIDWIFE
- Primary taxonomy
- Advanced Practice Midwife 367A00000X
- License number
- 129806 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 810 Fairgrove Church RD, Hickory, NC 28602
- Phone
- (828) 326-3809
- Enumerated
- Jul 12, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 1, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 326-3371
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050916000805); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Valerie Alayne Gaston 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 129806Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
One hospital affiliation
- Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Valerie Alayne Gaston among 567 advanced practice midwife records in North Carolina
Valerie Alayne Gaston, MIDWIFE is one of 567 advanced practice midwife records with a practice address in North Carolina. 57% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 22% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 22% of these records are older, 70% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 57% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2017 among the 214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367A00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Advanced Practice Midwife providers in North Carolina
There are 567 advanced practice midwife records in North Carolina.
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The 8 advanced practice midwife records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Michelle Benfield, MIDWIFEHickory, NC 286021932308889
- Jamie Brumley, CNMHickory, NC 286021801873468
- Jessica Chance, CNMHickory, NC 286021437426095
- Dara Curtis, RN, MSN, CNMHickory, NC 286021851509400
- Kathryn Dunning, SNMHickory, NC 286021134402837
- Sonia Foster, CNMHickory, NC 286021205162633
- Lauren Fountain, CNMHickory, NC 286021649621178
- Patricia Hickling-Beckman, MIDWIFEHickory, NC 286021003016999
Common questions
What is Valerie Alayne Gaston, MIDWIFE's NPI number?
Valerie Alayne Gaston, MIDWIFE's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013116961, issued on Jul 12, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Valerie Alayne Gaston, MIDWIFE located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 810 Fairgrove Church RD, Hickory, NC, 28602. Phone: (828) 326-3809. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Valerie Alayne Gaston, MIDWIFE's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 129806, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.