Joseph David Barker, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Linville, NC
Joseph David Barker, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Linville, North Carolina, and NPI 1194704817, issued on Jan 11, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 36648, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph David Barker
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 36648 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2139 Linville Falls Highway, Linville, NC 28646
- Phone
- (828) 733-0270
- Enumerated
- Jan 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 733-9271
- Medicaid ID
- 8913209 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041021000954); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1985
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Joseph David Barker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 36648Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,402 Medicare Part D claims for 394 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 195 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium415 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium353 claims
- Eliquis309 claims
- Prednisone260 claims
- Furosemide244 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate240 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: $564.27
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. 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.
1 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Linville
They are 1 of the 32 NPPES records with a practice address in Linville, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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- Farhath Abdul Kareem, MDCary, NC1679687347
- Firas Abdulmajeed, M.D.Winston Salem, NC1427358043
- Erlinda Abella, MDSalisbury, NC1649251505
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- David Abernathy, M. D.Morganton, NC1265497366
- Maroun Aboutayeh, D.O.Asheville, NC1447757992
Common questions
What is Joseph David Barker, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph David Barker, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194704817, issued on Jan 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph David Barker, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2139 Linville Falls Highway, Linville, NC, 28646. Phone: (828) 733-0270. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph David Barker, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 36648, 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 David Barker, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph David Barker, M.D. had 10,402 Medicare Part D claims for 394 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.