Howard K. Mason, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Shelby, NC
Howard K. Mason, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Shelby, North Carolina, and NPI 1396707568, issued on Apr 4, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 30206, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard K. Mason
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 30206 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1201 S Post RD Ste 100, Shelby, NC 28152
- Phone
- (704) 481-7001
- Enumerated
- Apr 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 1, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (704) 445-4582
- Medicaid ID
- 889602 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200722001784); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1201 S Post RD Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Carl Dowdell, LCSW, LCASClinical Social Worker1831557016
Verify Howard K. Mason in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 30206Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
46% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
540 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Hydroxyzine Pamoate41 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate39 claims
- Aripiprazole34 claims
- Bupropion Xl27 claims
- Sertraline Hcl27 claims
- Lithium Carbonate Er25 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: $895.69
30 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 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
- Epiphany Family Services LLCCharlotte, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Howard K. Mason among 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina
Howard K. Mason, MD is one of 1,725 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 69% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2006 among the 744 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (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 Shelby → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kerry Balentine, M.D.Shelby, NC 281501063518165
- Barry Bertolette, N.P.Shelby, NC 281501407848864
- John Billinsky, MDShelby, NC 281501023116712
- George Bradley, DOShelby, NC 281501033197645
- Hos Loftus, MDShelby, NC 281501295719920
- Bryan Harrelson, M.D.Salisbury, NC 281471063429801
- Amruthavalli MuthuSalisbury, NC 281471801818927
- Soraya Asadi, M.D.Salisbury, NC 281441699898353
Common questions
What is Howard K. Mason, MD's NPI number?
Howard K. Mason, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396707568, issued on Apr 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard K. Mason, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1201 S Post RD Ste 100, Shelby, NC, 28152. Phone: (704) 481-7001. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard K. Mason, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 30206, 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 Howard K. Mason, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard K. Mason, MD had 540 Medicare Part D claims for 30 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.