Joanne Carpenter Paulk, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Cross Plains, TX
Joanne Carpenter Paulk, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Cross Plains, Texas, and NPI 1700848850, issued on Apr 4, 2006. Check the license (Texas K4521, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joanne Carpenter Paulk
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K4521 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 301 S Main St, Cross Plains, TX 76443
- Phone
- (254) 725-4311
- Enumerated
- Apr 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 11, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (254) 725-4313
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080219000390); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 301 S Main St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Joanne Carpenter Paulk in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K4521Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,574 Medicare Part D claims for 437 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. 233 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium338 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium300 claims
- Lisinopril270 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate259 claims
- Gabapentin206 claims
- Metformin Hcl191 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: $213.80
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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 2 group practices
- Shackelford County Community Resource CenterCross Plains, TX
- The West Texas Rehabilitation CenterAbilene, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Joanne Carpenter Paulk, DO's NPI number?
Joanne Carpenter Paulk, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700848850, issued on Apr 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joanne Carpenter Paulk, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 301 S Main St, Cross Plains, TX, 76443. Phone: (254) 725-4311. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joanne Carpenter Paulk, DO's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K4521, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joanne Carpenter Paulk, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joanne Carpenter Paulk, DO had 7,574 Medicare Part D claims for 437 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.