NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D.

Dermatology Physician · Wilmington, NC

Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D. is a dermatology physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1821170945, issued on Oct 19, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9300670, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1821170945
Name
Billie Forehand Cosgrove
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Dermatology Physician 207N00000X
License number
9300670 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1814 Glen Meade RD, Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone
(910) 254-3544
Enumerated
Oct 19, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 9, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(910) 254-3543
Medicaid ID
891067W NC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20101108000085); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1992
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 1814 Glen Meade RD

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

  1. Michael Sullivan, M.D.Dermatology Physician1215019351

Verify Billie Forehand Cosgrove in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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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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18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dermatology physician in 2024

651 Medicare Part D claims for 344 beneficiaries, against an average of 797 among the 12,802 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.

  1. Billie Cosgrove651
  2. Specialty average797

Most prescribed

  1. Fluorouracil108 claims
  2. Triamcinolone Acetonide88 claims
  3. Valacyclovir54 claims
  4. Metronidazole52 claims
  5. Fluocinonide48 claims
  6. Clindamycin Phosphate32 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Carolina Dermatology And Skin Cancer Surgery PAWilmington, NC

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

Billie Forehand Cosgrove among 507 dermatology physician records in North Carolina

Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D. is one of 507 dermatology physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 84% 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 15% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 54% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • Graduated1992 · median 2006 among the 376 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2007 · 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 207N00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Dermatology Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 507 dermatology physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 dermatology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Joseph Huppmann, MDWilmington, NC 284031649274614
  2. Heather Loesch, MDWilmington, NC 284031508886821
  3. Lois Martin, DOWilmington, NC 284031679634018
  4. Lydia Shedlofsky, DOWilmington, NC 284031508367186
  5. Roger Sica, DOWilmington, NC 284031154578797
  6. Michael Sullivan, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031215019351
  7. Ronald Benjamin, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284011922066398
  8. Avery Bevin, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284051588643613

Common questions

What is Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D.'s NPI number?

Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821170945, issued on Oct 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1814 Glen Meade RD, Wilmington, NC, 28403. Phone: (910) 254-3544. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9300670, 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 Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D. had 651 Medicare Part D claims for 344 beneficiaries; the average among dermatology physician prescribers was 797. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Billie Forehand Cosgrove, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.