NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC

Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1114589140, issued on Jun 29, 2019. Check the license (South Carolina 95269, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1114589140
Name
Caroline Joy Blatcher
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
95269 SC
25MA11415500 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
14 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 350, Columbia, SC 29203
Phone
(803) 434-1663
Enumerated
Jun 29, 2019
Record last updated
Sep 30, 2025
Fax
(803) 434-7092
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220801001829); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Temple University School Of Medicine, 2019
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 14 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 350

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

  1. Robert AdamsEmergency Medicine Physician1508397605
  2. Halley AlbertsEmergency Medicine Physician1407421662
  3. Timothy Attride, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1295125011
  4. Ashley Axson-ClementsEmergency Medicine Physician1578203576
  5. Scott Bloch, MDPediatric Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician1801062658
  6. Brent Boyer, M.D., M.S.Emergency Medicine Physician1396087441

Verify Caroline Joy Blatcher in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
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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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75% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

57 Medicare Part D claims for 40 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Caroline Blatcher57
  2. Specialty average226

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): 98.9 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score80.0
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Industry payments in 2024: $162.58

9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Caroline Blatcher$162.58
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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

  1. Cooper Univeristy Emergency Physicians PCCamden, NJ
  2. Emergency Physician Services OF New Jersey,professional AssociationMount Holly, NJ
  3. Prisma Health Medical Group-MidlandsColumbia, SC

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

Caroline Joy Blatcher among 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina

Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD is one of 1,244 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in South 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 2019, is newer than 74% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 74% of these records are older, 21% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2012 among the 752 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

219 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia

They are 219 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Francis Clarkson, M.DColumbia, SC 292031639168180
  2. Thomas Cook, MDColumbia, SC 292031598736282
  3. David Ford, MDColumbia, SC 292031528039385
  4. William Gerard, MDColumbia, SC 292031326019191
  5. Gary Hals, MDColumbia, SC 292031780655456
  6. Patrick Hunt, MDColumbia, SC 292031265403026
  7. Terrance McHugh, MDColumbia, SC 292031598736340
  8. Daniel Noltkamper, MDColumbia, SC 292031942292115

Common questions

What is Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD's NPI number?

Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114589140, issued on Jun 29, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 14 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 350, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 434-1663. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD's license?

NPPES lists South Carolina license number 95269, 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 Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD had 57 Medicare Part D claims for 40 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Caroline Joy Blatcher, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 98.9 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.