Joseph Walter Adams, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Rocky Mount, NC
Joseph Walter Adams, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and NPI 1841685112, issued on Apr 2, 2015. Check the license (North Carolina 2024-00240, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Walter Adams
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 2024-00240 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 804 English RD Ste 100, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
- Phone
- (252) 443-3133
- Enumerated
- Apr 2, 2015
- Record last updated
- Mar 30, 2026
- Fax
- (252) 443-6726
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250205000048); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Louisville School Of Medicine, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Walter Adams in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2024-00240Check 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
7,523 Medicare Part D claims for 641 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 131 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium373 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate327 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa230 claims
- Losartan Potassium219 claims
- Gabapentin197 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium188 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: $311.90
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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
- Generations Family Practice PARocky Mount, NC
- Proactive Therapy OF North Carolina IncWilson, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Walter Adams among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Joseph Walter Adams, M.D. is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 75% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
19 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Rocky Mount
They are 19 of the 954 NPPES records with a practice address in Rocky Mount, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Walter Adams, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph Walter Adams, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841685112, issued on Apr 2, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Walter Adams, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 804 English RD Ste 100, Rocky Mount, NC, 27804. Phone: (252) 443-3133. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Walter Adams, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2024-00240, 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 Joseph Walter Adams, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Walter Adams, M.D. had 7,523 Medicare Part D claims for 641 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.