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Carolyn Providence Upchurch, PA-C

Individual provider Physician Assistant · NPI 1235877382

Carolyn Providence Upchurch, PA-C is a Physician Assistant in Sylva, North Carolina. Qualified in 2022, 4 years ago. Practices with Knoxville Hma Physician Management, LLC, a 117-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
4
Licensed in
NC, TN
In the registry since
2022
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
PA-C — Physician Assistant, Certified
A physician assistant who holds current national certification.

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Practice location Address checks out

293 Hospital Rd Ste C
Sylva, NC 28779-5195
Phone: (828) 631-8711
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Specialties & licences

Physician Assistant (primary) Taxonomy 363A00000X · Licence 0010-12455 (NC)
Medical Physician Assistant Taxonomy 363AM0700X · Licence PA6415 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1235877382
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials PA-C
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 26, 2022
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 3, 2026
Certification dateSeptember 3, 2026

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2022 (4 years in practice)
Group practice Knoxville Hma Physician Management, Llc — 117 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients71
Services billed 144 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $250 7 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Knoxville Hma Physician Management, LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 117 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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