Bradley W. Word, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Bradley W. Word, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1043279854, issued on Mar 21, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 18057, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bradley W. Word
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 18057 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4540 Trenholm RD, Columbia, SC 29206
- Phone
- (803) 790-4700
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 11, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (803) 790-6130
- Medicaid ID
- T18736 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050404000844); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4540 Trenholm RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Edgar Deschamps, MDInternal Medicine Physician1699734483
- Kellie Foster, NPNurse Practitioner1467257824
- Jennifer Gillis, NP-CPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1407195688
- Krista Gressette, MDInternal Medicine Physician1720604838
- Edward Haselden, MDInternal Medicine Physician1306805197
Verify Bradley W. Word in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 18057Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
14,382 Medicare Part D claims for 521 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. 384 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium690 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium503 claims
- Meloxicam499 claims
- Prednisone431 claims
- Omeprazole426 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate369 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $925.80
49 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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 2 group practices
- Lexington Health IncWest Columbia, SC
- Select Physical Therapy Holdings IncLexington, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bradley W. Word among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Bradley W. Word, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician 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 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 46% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
269 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 269 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Krista Gressette, MDColumbia, SC 292061720604838
- Edward Haselden, MDColumbia, SC 292061306805197
- Rosa Jimenez, MDColumbia, SC 292061912966714
- Ruben Mayer, MDColumbia, SC 292061891755039
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Common questions
What is Bradley W. Word, MD's NPI number?
Bradley W. Word, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043279854, issued on Mar 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bradley W. Word, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4540 Trenholm RD, Columbia, SC, 29206. Phone: (803) 790-4700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bradley W. Word, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 18057, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Bradley W. Word, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bradley W. Word, MD had 14,382 Medicare Part D claims for 521 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Bradley W. Word, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.