Dr. Michael Ryan Ward , DC
Chiropractor β’ Hickory, NC
408 2nd Ave Ne
Hickory, NC 286015167
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
408 2nd Ave Ne
Hickory, NC 286015167
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Maiden, NC. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019β2025.
NPI first issued
2021
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Ward has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Hickory and North Carolina
28 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Hickory, NC (2,243 in North Carolina).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Hickory
0% of these 28 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
17.9% of these 28 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2022-02-02NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC
I20220209002174
NC
3678966983
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Secondary Practice Locations
310 W Murray St
Maiden, NC 286501138
Phone: 8286129078
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Chiropractor
Doctor of Chiropractic
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 408 2ND AVE NE, HICKORY, NC 286015167 (Tel: 8283224787)
Registered at 408 2ND AVE NE, HICKORY, NC 286015167 (Tel: 8283224787)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 310 W MURRAY ST, MAIDEN, NC 286501138 (Tel: 8286129078)
Registered at 310 W MURRAY ST, MAIDEN, NC 286501138 (Tel: 8286129078)
Recorded as MICHAEL WARD, DC
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: NC 5414)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Chiropractors in Hickory
- Dr. Christopher Cardwell, DC
- Dr. David Sendroff, DC
- Dr. Stuart Dewitt, DC
- Dr. Charles Gray, DC
- Dr. Steven Smith, DC
- Dr. Richard Sheppard, DC
Mailing Address
408 2nd Ave Ne
Hickory, NC 286015167
Phone: 8283224787