John Turner Kihm
Internal Medicine Physician · Durham, NC
John Turner Kihm is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1639384175, issued on May 10, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina NC31315, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Turner Kihm
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- NC31315 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3811 N Roxboro Road, Durham, NC 27704
- Phone
- (919) 471-3351
- Enumerated
- May 10, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 471-3313
- Medicaid ID
- 8948933 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100225000616); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify John Turner Kihm in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license NC31315Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
42% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,522 Medicare Part D claims for 186 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 107 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate173 claims
- Losartan Potassium154 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium136 claims
- Omeprazole106 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium104 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium99 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 27.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $17.02
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Qiagen, LLC. 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 one group practice
- Legacy Healthcare Services IncDurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John Turner Kihm among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
John Turner Kihm is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 48% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
380 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Durham
They are 380 of the 13,451 NPPES records with a practice address in Durham, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is John Turner Kihm's NPI number?
John Turner Kihm's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639384175, issued on May 10, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Turner Kihm located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3811 N Roxboro Road, Durham, NC, 27704. Phone: (919) 471-3351. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Turner Kihm's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number NC31315, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John Turner Kihm prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Turner Kihm had 4,522 Medicare Part D claims for 186 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is John Turner Kihm's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 27.4 of 100. 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.