Boyd P. Benefield, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Gulfport, MS
Boyd P. Benefield, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Gulfport, Mississippi, and NPI 1356302574, issued on Mar 29, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 10941, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Boyd P. Benefield
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 10941 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 15286 Community RD, Gulfport, MS 39503
- Phone
- (228) 832-5151
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 24, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (228) 832-6320
- Medicaid ID
- 00114493 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100601000278); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1984
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 15286 Community RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Boyd P. Benefield in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 10941Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
15,311 Medicare Part D claims for 599 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 535 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate708 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium656 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium478 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium423 claims
- Lisinopril396 claims
- Gabapentin371 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): 93.1 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: $987.08
62 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Memorial Hospital AT GulfportGulfport, MS · Acute Care Hospitals3 of 5 stars
- Exceed Physical Therapy, LLCGulfport, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Boyd P. Benefield among 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi
Boyd P. Benefield, M.D. is one of 972 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2008 among the 585 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 52% 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 Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
38 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Gulfport
They are 38 of the 2,030 NPPES records with a practice address in Gulfport, and 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Diana Gilbert, M.D.Gulfport, MS 395031346402617
- Lynn Leatherwood, M.D.Gulfport, MS 395031750342986
- Nyron Marshall, M.D.Gulfport, MS 395031295898724
- Matthew Murray, MDGulfport, MS 395031104238153
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Common questions
What is Boyd P. Benefield, M.D.'s NPI number?
Boyd P. Benefield, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356302574, issued on Mar 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Boyd P. Benefield, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15286 Community RD, Gulfport, MS, 39503. Phone: (228) 832-5151. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Boyd P. Benefield, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 10941, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Boyd P. Benefield, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Boyd P. Benefield, M.D. had 15,311 Medicare Part D claims for 599 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Boyd P. Benefield, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.1 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.