Donald A. Behling, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Florence, SC
Donald A. Behling, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Florence, South Carolina, and NPI 1437122439, issued on Feb 9, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 16220, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald A. Behling
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 16220 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 800 E Cheves St, Florence, SC 29506
- Phone
- (843) 679-7272
- Enumerated
- Feb 9, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 1, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (843) 679-7215
- Medicaid ID
- T11289 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061113000371); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 1991
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Donald A. Behling in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 16220Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
16,645 Medicare Part D claims for 793 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 495 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium932 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate731 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium555 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate521 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium466 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium454 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: $2,457.78
144 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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
- Mcleod Regional Medical Center OF The Pee Dee IncFlorence, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Donald A. Behling among 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina
Donald A. Behling, 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 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2006 among the 1,638 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
134 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Florence
They are 134 of the 2,634 NPPES records with a practice address in Florence, and 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Donald A. Behling, MD's NPI number?
Donald A. Behling, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437122439, issued on Feb 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald A. Behling, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 800 E Cheves St, Florence, SC, 29506. Phone: (843) 679-7272. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald A. Behling, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 16220, 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 Donald A. Behling, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donald A. Behling, MD had 16,645 Medicare Part D claims for 793 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.