Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Mr. Richard Scott Nelson, PA-C

Individual provider Medical Physician Assistant · NPI 1487736708

Mr. Richard Scott Nelson, PA-C is a Physician Assistant in Asheville, North Carolina. Qualified in 1996, 30 years ago. Practices with Digestive Health Partners PA, a 66-clinician group, works from 3 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
30
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2006
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

291 Sweeten Creek Rd
Asheville, NC 28803-1527
Phone: (828) 254-0881
Fax: (828) 254-1614
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Additional practice locations (2)

  • 188 Medical Park Drive, Brevard, NC 28712-4188 — (828) 883-9600
  • 1032 Fleming Street, Hendersonville, NC 28791-3532 — (828) 696-3099

Specialties & licences

Physician Assistant (primary) Taxonomy 363A00000X · Licence 0010-00306 (NC)
Medical Physician Assistant Taxonomy 363AM0700X · Licence 0010-00306 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1487736708
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials PA-C
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedOctober 19, 2006
Last updated in NPPESNovember 3, 2025
Certification dateNovember 3, 2025

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1996 (30 years in practice)
Group practice Digestive Health Partners Pa — 66 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 patients235
Services billed 368 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 $751 41 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $554 3 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

  • Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery Ce Hospital · Asheville, NC

Also affiliated with 1 inpatient rehabilitation facility, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at Digestive Health Partners PA

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 66 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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