Primary Care Clinics in Hickory, NC Accepting Medicare

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Gaston Family Health Services, Inc.
Clinic/Center - Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare
Practice Location: 3901 Section House Rd, Hickory, NC 28601
Phone: 828-256-2196    Fax: 828-256-8079
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Catawba County Public Health
Clinic/Center - Public Health, State or Local
Medicare: Medicare Enrolled
Practice Location: 3070 11th Avenue Dr Se, Hickory, NC 28602
Phone: 828-695-5800    Fax: 828-695-4410


Primary Care Clinics: Primary care clinics provide day-to-day healthcare services to patients. Primary care acts as the principal point of continuous healthcare for patients and also coordinates specialist care as may be required by the patient. Primary care is usually provided by general practitioners, family medicine doctors.


Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

Medicare Assignment: Assignment means that your doctor, provider, or supplier agrees (or is required by law) to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services. Most doctors, providers, and suppliers accept assignment, but you should always check to make sure. Participating providers have signed an agreement to accept assignment for all Medicare-covered services.

NPI Number: The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique identification number for covered health care providers. The NPI must be used in lieu of legacy provider identifiers in the HIPAA standards transactions. Covered health care providers and all health plans and health care clearinghouses must use the NPIs in the administrative and financial transactions adopted under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Our Data: Information on www.medicarelist.com is built using data sources published by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The information disclosed on the NPI Registry are FOIA-disclosable and are required to be disclosed under the FOIA and the eFOIA amendments to the FOIA. There is no way to 'opt out' or 'suppress' the NPPES record data for health care providers with active NPIs.