Cara Joseph
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Cara Joseph is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1598405490, issued on Mar 30, 2022. Check the license (South Carolina LL87987, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Joseph
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- LL87987 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2 Medical Park RD, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803) 545-5321
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cara Joseph in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license LL87987Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
173 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium21 claims
- Gabapentin12 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: $76.93
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen 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.
Cara Joseph among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Cara Joseph 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 2022, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 82% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 60% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 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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Common questions
What is Cara Joseph's NPI number?
Cara Joseph's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598405490, issued on Mar 30, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Joseph located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2 Medical Park RD, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 545-5321. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Joseph's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number LL87987, 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 Cara Joseph prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Joseph had 173 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.