Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Lea A Abernathy, FNP-BC

Individual provider Family Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1063582658

Lea A Abernathy, FNP-BC is a Nurse Practitioner in Spindale, North Carolina. Qualified in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care Inc, a 46-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
28
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
FNP-BC — Family Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified
A family nurse practitioner certified by the ANCC.

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Practice location Address checks out

187 W Main St
Spindale, NC 28160-1539
Phone: (828) 288-2881
Fax: (828) 288-2883
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 1300 Bridge Barrier Rd Ste 2, Carolina Beach, NC 28428-3939 — (910) 458-4101

Specialties & licences

Family Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LF0000X · Licence 201099 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1063582658
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials FNP-BC
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 9, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJune 17, 2026
Certification dateJune 17, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice Sisters Of Mercy Urgent Care Inc — 46 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations8 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 patients390
Services billed 2,241 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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.

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 $138 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.

  • Advent Health Polk Hospital · Columbus, NC
  • Rutherford Regional Medical Center Hospital · Rutherfordton, NC

Colleagues at Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 46 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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