Frances Beth Hughes, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Charleston, SC
Frances Beth Hughes, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1588618615, issued on May 22, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina SC18008, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Frances Beth Hughes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- SC18008 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 325 Folly RD Ste 102B, Charleston, SC 29412
- Phone
- (843) 762-2323
- Enumerated
- May 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Fax
- (843) 762-7629
- Medicaid ID
- 180084 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050228000501); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 325 Folly RD Ste 102B
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Frances Beth Hughes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license SC18008Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,137 Medicare Part D claims for 604 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 205 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium543 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium459 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium444 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl363 claims
- Omeprazole302 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate266 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: $1,855.53
89 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer 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
- Roper Saint Francis Physicians NetworkN Charleston, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Frances Beth Hughes among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Frances Beth Hughes, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 46% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
427 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Charleston
They are 427 of the 10,840 NPPES records with a practice address in Charleston, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Frances Beth Hughes, MD's NPI number?
Frances Beth Hughes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588618615, issued on May 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Frances Beth Hughes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 325 Folly RD Ste 102B, Charleston, SC, 29412. Phone: (843) 762-2323. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Frances Beth Hughes, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number SC18008, 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 Frances Beth Hughes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Frances Beth Hughes, MD had 10,137 Medicare Part D claims for 604 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.