Gregory Louis Backes, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Winston Salem, NC
Gregory Louis Backes, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1558997486, issued on Mar 23, 2020. Check the license on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gregory Louis Backes
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 323281 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 791 Jonestown RD, Winston Salem, NC 27103
- Phone
- (336) 716-4551
- Enumerated
- Mar 23, 2020
- Record last updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- Fax
- (336) 716-4962
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250925002093); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2020
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 791 Jonestown RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Gregory Louis Backes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
265 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate25 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone20 claims
- Mirtazapine20 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate14 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl12 claims
- Olanzapine11 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: $247.83
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alkermes, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston-Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina.
All 1,725 in North Carolina → Every provider in Winston Salem →
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Common questions
What is Gregory Louis Backes, MD's NPI number?
Gregory Louis Backes, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1558997486, issued on Mar 23, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gregory Louis Backes, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 791 Jonestown RD, Winston Salem, NC, 27103. Phone: (336) 716-4551. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gregory Louis Backes, MD's license?
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 Gregory Louis Backes, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gregory Louis Backes, MD had 265 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.