Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Cary, NC
Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Cary, North Carolina, and NPI 1689625550, issued on May 15, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 103834, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Don Michael Drinkwater
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 103834 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 160 Macgregor Pines Dr, Cary, NC 27511
- Phone
- (919) 234-4470
- Enumerated
- May 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 2, 2023
- Fax
- (919) 234-4475
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040124000012); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 160 Macgregor Pines Dr
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Verify Don Michael Drinkwater in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 103834Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
66 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 24 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl24 claims
- Ondansetron Odt18 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: $20.97
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- North Carolina MG LLCRaleigh, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Don Michael Drinkwater among 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina
Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C is one of 9,279 physician assistant records with a practice address in North 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 80% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2017 among the 6,366 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 35% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
161 physician assistant records list a practice address in Cary
They are 161 of the 5,665 NPPES records with a practice address in Cary, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C's NPI number?
Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689625550, issued on May 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 160 Macgregor Pines Dr, Cary, NC, 27511. Phone: (919) 234-4470. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 103834, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Don Michael Drinkwater, PA-C had 66 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.