Edward John Knish, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Matthews, NC
Edward John Knish, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Matthews, North Carolina, and NPI 1356365878, issued on Jul 27, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 30054, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edward John Knish
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 30054 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 630 Matthews Township Pkwy, Matthews, NC 28105
- Phone
- (704) 495-6334
- Enumerated
- Jul 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 2, 2026
- Medicaid IDs
- N30054 SC
8949775 NC
1356365878 NC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051209000659); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1983
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Edward John Knish in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 30054Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
12,040 Medicare Part D claims for 830 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 408 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium483 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium453 claims
- Omeprazole413 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate377 claims
- Lisinopril363 claims
- Lorazepam275 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: $152.87
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. 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
- Tryon Medical Partners, PLLCMatthews, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edward John Knish among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Edward John Knish, MD 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
- Graduated1983 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
35 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Matthews
They are 35 of the 1,421 NPPES records with a practice address in Matthews, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Edward John Knish, MD's NPI number?
Edward John Knish, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356365878, issued on Jul 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edward John Knish, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 630 Matthews Township Pkwy, Matthews, NC, 28105. Phone: (704) 495-6334. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edward John Knish, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 30054, 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 Edward John Knish, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edward John Knish, MD had 12,040 Medicare Part D claims for 830 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.