James Howard Efros, MD
Anesthesiology Physician · Florence, SC
James Howard Efros, MD is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Florence, South Carolina, and NPI 1477532117, issued on Jan 11, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 19728, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Howard Efros
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License number
- 19728 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 555 E Cheves St, Florence, SC 29506
- Phone
- (843) 661-6215
- Enumerated
- Jan 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 16, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050822000818); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Howard Efros in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 19728Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $18.17
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 17,774 providers of this specialty with any payment received $669.59 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
- Mcleod Physician Associates IIFlorence, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Howard Efros among 787 anesthesiology physician records in South Carolina
James Howard Efros, MD is one of 787 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 74% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2007 among the 530 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
32 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in Florence
They are 32 of the 2,634 NPPES records with a practice address in Florence, and 787 anesthesiology physician records in South Carolina.
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- Steven Falk, MDFlorence, SC 295061578501813
- Brenda Hagen, DOFlorence, SC 295061518935261
- Gerald Hamrick, MDFlorence, SC 295061700865458
- Patrick Honaker, MDFlorence, SC 295061487619383
- Lance Hoover, MDFlorence, SC 295061730155466
Common questions
What is James Howard Efros, MD's NPI number?
James Howard Efros, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477532117, issued on Jan 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Howard Efros, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 555 E Cheves St, Florence, SC, 29506. Phone: (843) 661-6215. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Howard Efros, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 19728, 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.
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.