Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.

Dr. Winfield Strickland Word-Sims, MD

Individual provider Nephrology Physician · NPI 1093710493

Dr. Winfield Strickland Word-Sims, MD practises Nephrology in Asheville, North Carolina. Graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 1985, 41 years ago. Practices with Mountain Area Health Education Center Inc, a 154-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
41
Trained at
Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2005
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

10 McDowell St
Asheville, NC 28801-4104
Phone: (828) 258-8545
Fax: (828) 254-0714
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Specialties & licences

Nephrology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RN0300X · Licence 30959 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1093710493
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 14, 2005
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 19, 2023
Certification dateSeptember 19, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNEPHROLOGY
Medical schoolNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated 1985 (41 years in practice)
Group practice Mountain Area Health Education Center Inc — 154 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 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 patients100
Services billed 268 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age65

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Colleagues at Mountain Area Health Education Center Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 154 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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