Rachel Victoria Benson, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
NPI 1154065654ActiveIndividual· Physician Assistant· Blairsville, GA
Physician Assistant (PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT) with Union General Affiliated Services, LLC, practicing in Blairsville, Georgia. 632 Medicare patients in 2024, $136,011 paid; all of their 479 Part D prescriptions were generic. Smith+nephew, Inc. was the largest of 5 companies reporting payments in 2025, $241.40 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Chatuge Regional Hospital and 2 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.
Overview
| NPI | 1154065654 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Credential | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT |
| Sole proprietor | Yes |
| NPI issued | Apr 21, 2022 |
| Last updated in NPPES | Mar 7, 2023 |
| Certified by provider | Mar 3, 2023 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician Assistant Primary | 363A00000X | 10960 | GA |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 4, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - Physician Assistant (GA); Practitioner - Physician Assistant (NC) |
|---|---|
| Accepts assignment | Yes (participating) |
Medicare services in 2024
| Medicare patients | 632 |
|---|---|
| Services billed | 51,535 across 65 procedure codes |
| Paid by Medicare | $136,011 |
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 479 · 520 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 254 |
| Total drug cost | $1,712 |
| Generic share | 100% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | Physician Assistant |
Medical group
- Union General Affiliated Services, LLCBlairsville, GA · 22 clinicians
Hospital affiliations
- Chatuge Regional HospitalHiawassee, GA
- Erlanger Murphy Medical CenterMurphy, NC
- Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$241.40 · 8 payments from 5 companies
- 2024$16.42 · 1 payment from 1 company
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+nephew, Inc. | $97.70 | 4 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | $47.27 | 1 |
| Linvatec Corporation | $44.75 | 1 |
| Bioventus LLC | $30.64 | 1 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | $21.04 | 1 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Food and Beverage$241.40 · 8 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records
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