Benjamin Perry Folk, M.D.
Specialist · Greenville, MS
Benjamin Perry Folk, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Greenville, Mississippi, and NPI 1629010012, issued on Jun 12, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 10931, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Perry Folk
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 10931 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1502 S Colorado St, Greenville, MS 38703
- Phone
- (662) 332-9872
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 3, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (662) 378-0290
- Medicaid ID
- 0016500 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100211000297); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1975
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1502 S Colorado St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Kelli Bearden, NP-CNurse Practitioner1144620592
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- Ashley Corban, MS, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1811500192
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Verify Benjamin Perry Folk in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
Search for license 10931Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average specialist in 2024
8,620 Medicare Part D claims for 832 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Spironolactone784 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate780 claims
- Doxazosin Mesylate504 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium406 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate398 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium341 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: $280.35
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
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
- The Greenville ClinicGreenville, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benjamin Perry Folk among 220 specialist records in Mississippi
Benjamin Perry Folk, M.D. is one of 220 specialist records with a practice address in Mississippi. 36% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 36% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 27% of these records are
- Graduated1975 · median 1991 among the 60 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 89% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 specialist records list a practice address in Greenville
They are 6 of the 401 NPPES records with a practice address in Greenville, and 220 specialist records in Mississippi.
All 220 in Mississippi → Every provider in Greenville → Specialist nationwide →
The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Shabana Karim, M.D.Greenville, MS 387031992903355
- John Abide, MDGreenville, MS 387011992704530
- Elmertha Burton, M.D.Greenville, MS 387011962586131
- Charles Dishongh, M.D.Greenville, MS 387011407948946
- Joe Pulliam, M.D.Greenville, MS 387011952493546
- Michael BraswellCleveland, MS 387321255475836
- Wayne Dotson, MDCleveland, MS 387321184684375
- Olufemi Adeleye, M.D.Southaven, MS 386711073567251
Common questions
What is Benjamin Perry Folk, M.D.'s NPI number?
Benjamin Perry Folk, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629010012, issued on Jun 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Perry Folk, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1502 S Colorado St, Greenville, MS, 38703. Phone: (662) 332-9872. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Perry Folk, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 10931, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Benjamin Perry Folk, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin Perry Folk, M.D. had 8,620 Medicare Part D claims for 832 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. 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.