Andrew Colson, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Winston Salem, NC
Andrew Colson, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1073044541, issued on Mar 25, 2017. Check the license (North Carolina 2019-01200, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Andrew Colson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 2019-01200 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157
- Phone
- (336) 716-4629
- Enumerated
- Mar 25, 2017
- Record last updated
- Sep 10, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190925000861); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Andrew Colson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2019-01200Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
445 Medicare Part D claims for 274 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 24 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Doxycycline Hyclate50 claims
- Ondansetron Odt45 claims
- Cephalexin38 claims
- Ibuprofen35 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl31 claims
- Prednisone30 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Andrew Colson among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Andrew Colson, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 77% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
174 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 174 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Andrew Colson, MD's NPI number?
Andrew Colson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073044541, issued on Mar 25, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Andrew Colson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (336) 716-4629. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Andrew Colson, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2019-01200, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Andrew Colson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Andrew Colson, MD had 445 Medicare Part D claims for 274 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.