James Marvin Vest, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Surfside Beach, SC
James Marvin Vest, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, and NPI 1780697151, issued on Aug 15, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 13280, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Marvin Vest
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 13280 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1413 Highway 17 N, Surfside Beach, SC 29575
- Phone
- (843) 238-5654
- Enumerated
- Aug 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 7, 2022
- Fax
- (843) 238-1624
- Medicaid ID
- 132804 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031211000201); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1413 Highway 17 N
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Verify James Marvin Vest in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 13280Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
14,437 Medicare Part D claims for 789 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 477 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam768 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium598 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate504 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium426 claims
- Lisinopril407 claims
- Gabapentin325 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 72.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $813.51
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Conway Hospital IncMyrtle Beach, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Marvin Vest among 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina
James Marvin Vest, M.D. is one of 2,700 family medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 78% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2006 among the 1,638 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Surfside Beach
They are 6 of the 129 NPPES records with a practice address in Surfside Beach, and 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is James Marvin Vest, M.D.'s NPI number?
James Marvin Vest, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780697151, issued on Aug 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Marvin Vest, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1413 Highway 17 N, Surfside Beach, SC, 29575. Phone: (843) 238-5654. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Marvin Vest, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 13280, 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 James Marvin Vest, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Marvin Vest, M.D. had 14,437 Medicare Part D claims for 789 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Marvin Vest, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 72.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.