Joel Craig Stephenson, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Lexington, KY
Joel Craig Stephenson, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lexington, Kentucky, and NPI 1356436372, issued on Oct 4, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 24775, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Craig Stephenson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 24775 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1101 Veterans Dr, Lexington, KY 40502
- Phone
- (859) 233-4511
- Enumerated
- Oct 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110106000345); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine, 1985
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1101 Veterans Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Bobbie Adams, ARNPNurse Practitioner1396958245
- Madison Adams, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1932817301
- Brittany Ali, PHARMD, MPHPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1376316141
- Patricia Allen, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1316495351
- Brittany Almaliki, M.A. CF-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1275017121
- Melissa Angell, PHARM.D.Pharmacotherapy Pharmacist1134185655
Verify Joel Craig Stephenson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 24775Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,096 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 165 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin158 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone151 claims
- Prednisone66 claims
- Methadone Hcl63 claims
- Suboxone60 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen50 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: $305.02
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 3 group practices
- Family Practice Clinic OF Booneville, Inc.Booneville, KY
- Mountain Family Practice Clinic OF Manchester IncManchester, KY
- Rural Health PLLCBerea, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joel Craig Stephenson among 1,526 internal medicine physician records in Kentucky
Joel Craig Stephenson, M.D. is one of 1,526 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 84% 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 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2006 among the 1,025 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
259 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lexington
They are 259 of the 14,031 NPPES records with a practice address in Lexington, and 1,526 internal medicine physician records in Kentucky.
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Common questions
What is Joel Craig Stephenson, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joel Craig Stephenson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356436372, issued on Oct 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Craig Stephenson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1101 Veterans Dr, Lexington, KY, 40502. Phone: (859) 233-4511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Craig Stephenson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 24775, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joel Craig Stephenson, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel Craig Stephenson, M.D. had 1,096 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.