NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Hospitalist Physician NPI 1972561702 DO
Verify on CMS → Jill Couch, DO
Hospitalist Physician in Norton, Virginia.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 17,950 in Hospitalist Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
19K
Medicare Part D claims · 748 beneficiaries · Hospitalist Physician avg: 940
Generic prescribing
87%
generic claims · 13% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$598.9
30 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Jill Couch, DO filed 18,510 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Hospitalist Physician in Norton, Virginia, prescribing 87% generic.
- 19K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 87%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥98th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Jill Couch, DO
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1972561702), first enumerated 05/02/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 18,510 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
7 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$598.9 in reported industry payments (30 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1972561702 · Hospitalist Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · RX-HEAVY · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1972561702
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 18K Hospitalist Physician
- RX-HEAVY 19K claims
- BOOK-LIGHT 507 in Virginia
- PHOTO-ENUM Michael Hilden, MD · 2006
Jill Couch, DO's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
18,510 ≥ 98th percentile 98% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Jill Couch, DO practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 7 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Jill Couch, DO?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Hospitalist Physician
Medicare Part D claims
18,510 20× vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Virginia
How Hospitalist Physician compares to other specialties among Virginia providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Hospitalist Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1972561702 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Hospitalist Physician |
| Credentials | DO |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 05/02/2006 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Jill Couch, DO bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
According to CMS billing records, Jill Couch, DO is affiliated with 7 Medicare-billing facilities.
Benham Physician Services LLC
Lebanon, VA
Blue Ridge Medical Management Corporation
Norton, VA
Chestnut Physician Services LLC
Norton, VA
Oxbow Physician Services LLC
Abingdon, VA
St. Charles Health Council Inc
Jonesville, VA
Wellmont Medical Associates Inc
Big Stone Gap, VA
Western Virginia Regional Emergency Physicians LLC
Penningtn Gap, VA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Jill Couch, DO. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$599
Largest payer
3B Medical, Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical
Jill Couch, DO - brand share 13.0%
Hospitalist Physician average
13% brand-name claims vs 87% generic, on 18,510 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
18,510
Total Claims
$1.8M
Total Drug Cost
748
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 39,538.067
- Total Day Supply
- 1,148,089
- Brand vs Generic
- 13% brand / 87% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $1.5M
- Generic Drug Cost
- $257K
- Opioid Claims
- 663 (3.6% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 765
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 69.0 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.50
- Gender Split
- 61% female / 39% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 190, 65-74: 334, 75-84: 175, 85+: 49
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Jill Couch, DO prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Levothyroxine Sodium
Levothyroxine Sodium
642 claims
- Lisinopril
Lisinopril
597 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium
Atorvastatin Calcium
537 claims
- Omeprazole
Omeprazole
514 claims
- Furosemide
Furosemide
486 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium
Pantoprazole Sodium
457 claims
- Losartan Potassium
Losartan Potassium
437 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate
Metoprolol Tartrate
437 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 642 |
| Lisinopril | 597 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 537 |
| Omeprazole | 514 |
| Furosemide | 486 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 457 |
| Losartan Potassium | 437 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 437 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 431 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 420 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Hospitalist Physician Overview
How Jill Couch, DO fits within the Hospitalist Physician landscape nationally.
17,950
Hospitalist Physician Providers in US
54
States with Hospitalist Physician
940
Avg Claims per Provider
Jill Couch, DO's 18,510 claims are above the specialty average of 940.
Nationwide Hospitalist Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Couch, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Hospitalist Physician Providers in Virginia
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Virginia, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Couch.
One of 507 Hospitalist Physician providers enrolled in Virginia, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Ramy Abdelfattah
M.D.
Fredericksburg, VA
Dr. Abdallah Abdelrazeq
M.D
Charlottesville, VA
Dr. Mohammed Abdulghani
MD
Tappahannock, VA
Dr. Mohammad Abolhassani
M.D.
Norfolk, VA
Dr. Christopher Achilli
MD
Richmond, VA
Compare Hospitalist Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Jill Couch, DO's specialty? ▼
Jill Couch, DO specializes in Hospitalist Physician and practices in Norton, Virginia. Credentials: DO.
How much does Jill Couch, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Jill Couch, DO wrote 18,510 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1.8M in drug costs for 748 beneficiaries.
Where is Jill Couch, DO located? ▼
Jill Couch, DO is located at 100 15TH ST NW STE 307, Norton, VA, 24273. Phone: (276) 679-9002.
What is Jill Couch, DO's NPI number? ▼
Jill Couch, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972561702, issued on 05/02/2006.
Does Jill Couch, DO prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Jill Couch, DO's prescribing is 13% brand-name and 87% generic drugs by claim count, with $1.5M in brand drug costs.
Does Jill Couch, DO prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Jill Couch, DO had 663 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 3.6%.
How many Hospitalist Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 17,950 Hospitalist Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Hospitalist Physician provider writes 940 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Jill Couch, DO prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Jill Couch, DO's most frequently prescribed drugs include Levothyroxine Sodium, Lisinopril, Atorvastatin Calcium. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Jill Couch, DO accept Medicare? ▼
Jill Couch, DO appears in CMS Medicare data with 18,510 Part D claims and 748 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Jill Couch, DO's credentials? ▼
Jill Couch, DO's NPI is 1972561702 with credentials DO. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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