Dion Anthony Foster, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Dion Anthony Foster, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1407483373, issued on Mar 23, 2020. Check the license (South Carolina 84270, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dion Anthony Foster
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 84270 SC
LL84270 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 114 Gateway Corporate Blvd Ste 350, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803) 365-8615
- Enumerated
- Mar 23, 2020
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2023
- Fax
- (803) 788-6508
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231031003920); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 2020
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dion Anthony Foster in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 84270Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,436 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 72 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Mounjaro60 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate54 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium42 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium41 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium41 claims
- Trazodone Hcl38 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): 76.8 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: $31.80
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Musc Community PhysiciansFlorence, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dion Anthony Foster among 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina
Dion Anthony Foster, MD is one of 2,700 family medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 80% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 80% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2006 among the 1,638 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
235 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 235 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Dion Anthony Foster, MD's NPI number?
Dion Anthony Foster, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407483373, issued on Mar 23, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dion Anthony Foster, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 114 Gateway Corporate Blvd Ste 350, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 365-8615. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dion Anthony Foster, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 84270, 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 Dion Anthony Foster, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dion Anthony Foster, MD had 1,436 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dion Anthony Foster, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.8 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.