Douglas B. Shellhorn, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Salisbury, NC
Douglas B. Shellhorn, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Salisbury, North Carolina, and NPI 1972589026, issued on Dec 21, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 9401333, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas B. Shellhorn
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9401333 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 611 Mocksville Ave, Salisbury, NC 28144
- Phone
- (704) 633-7220
- Enumerated
- Dec 21, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (704) 647-0515
- Medicaid ID
- 8976658 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100507000359); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 1991
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Douglas B. Shellhorn in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9401333Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
9,698 Medicare Part D claims for 712 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 130 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate522 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium456 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium418 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium337 claims
- Lisinopril303 claims
- Losartan Potassium254 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: $159.58
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US 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
- Rowan Diagnostic Clinic PASalisbury, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Douglas B. Shellhorn among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Douglas B. Shellhorn, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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).
36 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Salisbury
They are 36 of the 1,654 NPPES records with a practice address in Salisbury, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Douglas B. Shellhorn, M.D.'s NPI number?
Douglas B. Shellhorn, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972589026, issued on Dec 21, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas B. Shellhorn, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 611 Mocksville Ave, Salisbury, NC, 28144. Phone: (704) 633-7220. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas B. Shellhorn, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9401333, 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 Douglas B. Shellhorn, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas B. Shellhorn, M.D. had 9,698 Medicare Part D claims for 712 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.