Joel Butler, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Columbus, MS
Joel Butler, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Columbus, Mississippi, and NPI 1326081985, issued on Jun 13, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 11011, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Butler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 11011 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2520 5TH St N, Columbus, MS 39705
- Phone
- (904) 805-1300
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (904) 805-1302
- Medicaid ID
- 00018912 MS
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joel Butler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 11011Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
1,239 Medicare Part D claims for 709 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 356 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen234 claims
- Prednisone119 claims
- Ondansetron Odt89 claims
- Tramadol Hcl67 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate55 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen42 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): 100 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: $46.38
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
Joel Butler among 515 emergency medicine physician records in Mississippi
Joel Butler, MD is one of 515 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 83% 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 under 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · under 1% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
8 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbus
They are 8 of the 843 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbus, and 515 emergency medicine physician records in Mississippi.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Patti Manning, MDColumbus, MS 397051124061635
- Keith McCoy, MDColumbus, MS 397051508809062
- Edward Riley, MDColumbus, MS 397051255379350
- Kevin Juozapavicius, D.O., MS, BSColumbus, MS 397101912986480
- Hagop Keleshian, D.O.Columbus, MS 397101326381468
- Shannon Dobbs, DOAckerman, MS 397351295099455
Common questions
What is Joel Butler, MD's NPI number?
Joel Butler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326081985, issued on Jun 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Butler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2520 5TH St N, Columbus, MS, 39705. Phone: (904) 805-1300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Butler, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 11011, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joel Butler, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel Butler, MD had 1,239 Medicare Part D claims for 709 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joel Butler, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.