Harold Puryear Blanks, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Greenville, SC
Harold Puryear Blanks, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Greenville, South Carolina, and NPI 1588640577, issued on Dec 21, 2005. Check the license (South Carolina 26589, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Harold Puryear Blanks
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 26589 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1005 Grove RD, Greenville, SC 29605
- Phone
- (864) 455-6900
- Enumerated
- Dec 21, 2005
- Record last updated
- May 6, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (864) 255-5619
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040427000870); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1005 Grove RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michael Armstrong, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1538518238
- Christopher Asuzu, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1083110852
- Adam Barnett, M.D.Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician1770901068
- George Black, M.D.Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician1922427780
- Kemper Brand, PAPhysician Assistant1699195735
- Andrea Bryan, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1861579518
Verify Harold Puryear Blanks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 26589Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
8,665 Medicare Part D claims for 977 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium784 claims
- Ezetimibe594 claims
- Eliquis573 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate569 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate522 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium449 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: $1,814.77
99 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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 University Medical GroupGreenville, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in South Carolina
There are 300 cardiovascular disease physician records in South Carolina.
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- Haytham Aboushi, MDConway, SC1831652718
- Carlos Albrecht, M.D.Lancaster, SC1558378091
- Mitchell Alderson, M.D.Camden, SC1942204912
- Milton Alexander, MDColumbia, SC1144229725
- Timothy Alikakos, M.D.Hilton Head Island, SC1427043223
- Nathan Almeida, MDFlorence, SC1669697389
- Michael Armstrong, M.D.Greenville, SC1538518238
- Christopher Asuzu, MDGreenville, SC1083110852
Common questions
What is Harold Puryear Blanks, MD's NPI number?
Harold Puryear Blanks, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588640577, issued on Dec 21, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Harold Puryear Blanks, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1005 Grove RD, Greenville, SC, 29605. Phone: (864) 455-6900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Harold Puryear Blanks, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 26589, 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 Harold Puryear Blanks, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Harold Puryear Blanks, MD had 8,665 Medicare Part D claims for 977 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.