Deborah B. Johnson, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Durham, NC
Deborah B. Johnson, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1255373288, issued on Jun 12, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2005-01439, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Deborah B. Johnson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 2005-01439 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1301 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
- Phone
- (919) 956-4000
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 6, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 956-4535
- Medicaid ID
- 5903324 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060314000346); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Howard University College Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1301 Fayetteville St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Deborah B. Johnson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2005-01439Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
6,796 Medicare Part D claims for 379 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 68 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium563 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate548 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa233 claims
- Metformin Hcl227 claims
- Gabapentin185 claims
- Losartan Potassium176 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: $138.15
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was iRhythm Technologies, 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- The Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating CorporationGreensboro, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Deborah B. Johnson among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Deborah B. Johnson, M.D. is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
380 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Durham
They are 380 of the 13,451 NPPES records with a practice address in Durham, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Deborah B. Johnson, M.D.'s NPI number?
Deborah B. Johnson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255373288, issued on Jun 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Deborah B. Johnson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1301 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC, 27707. Phone: (919) 956-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Deborah B. Johnson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2005-01439, 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 Deborah B. Johnson, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Deborah B. Johnson, M.D. had 6,796 Medicare Part D claims for 379 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.