Franklin R. McGuire, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Hickory, NC
Franklin R. McGuire, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1467419358, issued on Apr 26, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200100169, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Franklin R. McGuire
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 200100169 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 415 N Center St, Hickory, NC 28601
- Phone
- (828) 322-2005
- Enumerated
- Apr 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 30, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 322-2159
- Medicaid IDs
- 292882 SC
5902255 NC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051020000946); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 415 N Center St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Franklin R. McGuire in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 200100169Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
15% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
1,208 Medicare Part D claims for 272 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 58% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa199 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta160 claims
- Roflumilast70 claims
- Prednisone69 claims
- Symbicort69 claims
- Azithromycin68 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $475.12
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Noah Medical Corporation. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Caldwell Memorial Hospital IncLenoir, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Franklin R. McGuire among 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina
Franklin R. McGuire, MD is one of 429 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 84% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2001 among the 333 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina.
All 429 in North Carolina → Every provider in Hickory → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Peter Alford, M.D.Hickory, NC 286011356333827
- Muhammad Alvi, MDHickory, NC 286011992227953
- Matthew Fowler, DO, PHDHickory, NC 286011871910091
- McKendree McNabb, M.D.Hickory, NC 286011164579777
- Richard Pomerantz, MDHickory, NC 286011154321321
- Tara Taylor, M.D.Hickory, NC 286011912931213
- Daniel Anderson, MDHickory, NC 286021831154244
- Lakshmi Kallur, M.D.Hickory, NC 286021073992343
Common questions
What is Franklin R. McGuire, MD's NPI number?
Franklin R. McGuire, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467419358, issued on Apr 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Franklin R. McGuire, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 415 N Center St, Hickory, NC, 28601. Phone: (828) 322-2005. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Franklin R. McGuire, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200100169, 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 Franklin R. McGuire, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Franklin R. McGuire, MD had 1,208 Medicare Part D claims for 272 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Franklin R. McGuire, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.