Benjamin Kunesh, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Mooresville, NC
Benjamin Kunesh, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Mooresville, North Carolina, and NPI 1477524148, issued on Jan 30, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9400884, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Kunesh
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9400884 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 137 Professional Park Dr Ste A, Mooresville, NC 28117
- Phone
- (704) 660-2634
- Enumerated
- Jan 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 27, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060130000467); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College Of Medicine, 1991
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 137 Professional Park Dr Ste A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Leslie NakhleNurse Practitioner1952972283
- Michael Salter, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1841553864
Verify Benjamin Kunesh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9400884Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
15,950 Medicare Part D claims for 781 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 511 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium574 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium571 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate530 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium387 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium369 claims
- Gabapentin330 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 89.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $59.92
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 3 group practices
- Duke Health Integrated Practice IncMooresville, NC
- Legacy Healthcare Services IncSalisbury, NC
- Proactive Therapy OF North Carolina IncCharlotte, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benjamin Kunesh among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Benjamin Kunesh, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
25 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Mooresville
They are 25 of the 1,616 NPPES records with a practice address in Mooresville, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Benjamin Kunesh, MD's NPI number?
Benjamin Kunesh, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477524148, issued on Jan 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Kunesh, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 137 Professional Park Dr Ste A, Mooresville, NC, 28117. Phone: (704) 660-2634. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Kunesh, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9400884, 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 Benjamin Kunesh, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin Kunesh, MD had 15,950 Medicare Part D claims for 781 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benjamin Kunesh, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.6 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.