NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Austin Belt

Physician Assistant · Columbia, SC

Austin Belt is a physician assistant with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1972290336, issued on Apr 18, 2023. Check the license (South Carolina 4883, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1972290336
Name
Austin Belt
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
4883 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 300, Columbia, SC 29203
Phone
(803) 256-6511
Enumerated
Apr 18, 2023
Record last updated
Mar 2, 2026
Fax
(803) 376-5885
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230712004709); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 2023
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 8 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 300

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Summer Aldrugh, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1083000723
  2. Susan Benesh, NPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1174917710
  3. Joshua Couch-Garner, MSN, APRN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1356938534
  4. Richard Edelson, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1902847494
  5. Melissa Fowler, PA-CPhysician Assistant1316402092
  6. Zandria Fredrick, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1265079263

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024

2,503 Medicare Part D claims for 454 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.

  1. Austin Belt2,503
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Metoprolol Succinate274 claims
  2. Eliquis216 claims
  3. Atorvastatin Calcium211 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate151 claims
  5. Furosemide119 claims
  6. Rosuvastatin Calcium102 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $1,873.44

98 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Austin Belt$1,873.44
  2. Specialty average$841.65

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Prisma Health Medical Group-MidlandsColumbia, SC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Austin Belt among 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina

Austin Belt is one of 2,294 physician assistant records with a practice address in South 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 2023, is newer than 76% of them.

  • NPI issued2023 · 76% of these records are older, 17% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2023 · median 2019 among the 1,516 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

247 physician assistant records list a practice address in Columbia

They are 247 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Gregory Barefoot, P.A.C.Columbia, SC 292031386601102
  2. Jessamyn Bartley, PAColumbia, SC 292031740251115
  3. Charles Crafton, PA-CColumbia, SC 292031629039847
  4. Karin Duffy, PA-CColumbia, SC 292031780638643
  5. Gregory Furness, PACColumbia, SC 292031134129174
  6. Christina Harman, PAColumbia, SC 292031659360691
  7. Anne Hendrix, P.A.Columbia, SC 292031013982917
  8. Stephanie Kimbrough, PAColumbia, SC 292031144295528

Common questions

What is Austin Belt's NPI number?

Austin Belt's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972290336, issued on Apr 18, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Austin Belt located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 300, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 256-6511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Austin Belt's license?

NPPES lists South Carolina license number 4883, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Austin Belt prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Austin Belt had 2,503 Medicare Part D claims for 454 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.