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Paola C Belgado-Smith, CRNA

Individual provider Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · NPI 1891746079

Paola C Belgado-Smith, CRNA is registered under Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Qualified in 2002, 24 years ago. Practices with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a 2,079-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
24
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
CRNA — Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
An advanced practice nurse who administers anaesthesia.

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Practice location Partly verified

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Department Of Anesthesiology N2198 UNC Hospitals CB#7010
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7010
Phone: (919) 966-5136
Fax: (984) 974-4873
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Specialties & licences

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (primary) Taxonomy 367500000X · Licence 126851 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1891746079
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials CRNA
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 13, 2006
Last updated in NPPESOctober 10, 2016

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyCERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA)
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2002 (24 years in practice)
Group practice University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill — 2079 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 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 patients40
Services billed 40 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

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Food and Beverage $21 1 payment · 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.

  • Unc Hospitals Hospital · Chapel Hill, NC · listed as UNC Hospital

Colleagues at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2079 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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