Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA
Surgical Physician Assistant · Columbia, SC
Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1518935543, issued on Mar 8, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 886, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edwin Lionel Schmidt
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- 886 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 400, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803) 765-0871
- Enumerated
- Mar 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 29, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (803) 765-9215
- Medicaid ID
- 0237PA SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060222000053); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 400
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- James Grimes, PASurgical Physician Assistant1750412607
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Verify Edwin Lionel Schmidt in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 886Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
190 Medicare Part D claims for 54 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 27 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium23 claims
- Clopidogrel17 claims
- Furosemide17 claims
- Potassium Chloride16 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate15 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl15 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 99.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $673.37
30 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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
- Prisma Health Medical Group-MidlandsColumbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edwin Lionel Schmidt among 295 surgical physician assistant records in South Carolina
Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA is one of 295 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in South Carolina. 85% 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 · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2016 among the 240 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in South Carolina
There are 295 surgical physician assistant records in South Carolina.
All 295 in South Carolina → Every provider in Columbia → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James Coffey, MS, ATC, PA-SColumbia, SC 292031568591261
- John Connelly, PA-CColumbia, SC 292031164866646
- Dustin DunnColumbia, SC 292031528666328
- Coleman Fravel, P.A.Columbia, SC 292031760584981
- James Grimes, PAColumbia, SC 292031750412607
- Sarah Jones, PA-CColumbia, SC 292031417540642
- Gregory Mangione, P.A.Columbia, SC 292031245226133
- Cayla Nelson, PA-CColumbia, SC 292031356936017
Common questions
What is Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA's NPI number?
Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518935543, issued on Mar 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 400, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 765-0871. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 886, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA had 190 Medicare Part D claims for 54 beneficiaries; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Edwin Lionel Schmidt, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.3 of 100. 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.