NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

William C. Foster, CRNA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Asheville, NC

William C. Foster, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1679550560, issued on Dec 30, 2005. Check the license with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1679550560
Name
William C. Foster
Credential
CRNA
Primary taxonomy
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
License number
64816 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
76 Peachtree Road, Asheville, NC 28803
Phone
(828) 274-3477
Enumerated
Dec 30, 2005
Record last updated
Sep 29, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(828) 274-7407
Medicaid ID
3607385 TN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050823000660); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1989
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 76 Peachtree Road

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Darla Anselmi, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1366866410
  2. Francois Archambault, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1447375977
  3. Ryan Baker, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1104214337
  4. John Bryant, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1538383344
  5. Holly ClintonCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1962847293
  6. Cheri Coleman, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1538314349

Verify William C. Foster in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this professionCheck the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 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.

  1. Qualitynot scored (reweighted)
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $18.77

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. William Foster$18.77
  2. Specialty average$135.08

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

  1. Sweet Dreams Anesthesia IncNashville, TN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

William C. Foster among 3,760 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in North Carolina

William C. Foster, CRNA is one of 3,760 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 96% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
  • Graduated1989 · median 2012 among the 2,665 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

255 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Asheville

They are 255 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 3,760 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in North Carolina.

The 8 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Arnold Bazzle, CRNAAsheville, NC 288031982610242
  2. Thomas Dainty, CRNAAsheville, NC 288031629072582
  3. Gregory Edwards, CRNA, MSNAsheville, NC 288031508880691
  4. Kevin Hollifield, CRNAAsheville, NC 288031972586469
  5. David Kadau, CRNAAsheville, NC 288031497782965
  6. Karen Lewis, CRNAAsheville, NC 288031952393993
  7. Laura Meaney, CRNAAsheville, NC 288031528067899
  8. Beverly Ramsey, CRNAAsheville, NC 288031730172321

Common questions

What is William C. Foster, CRNA's NPI number?

William C. Foster, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679550560, issued on Dec 30, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is William C. Foster, CRNA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 76 Peachtree Road, Asheville, NC, 28803. Phone: (828) 274-3477. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify William C. Foster, CRNA's license?

Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is William C. Foster, CRNA's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.