Joseph Charles Bessler, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Lancaster, VA
Joseph Charles Bessler, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lancaster, Virginia, and NPI 1306850276, issued on Jul 28, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101050480, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Charles Bessler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0101050480 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 36 Lively Oaks RD, Lancaster, VA 22503
- Phone
- (804) 462-5155
- Enumerated
- Jul 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 1, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (804) 462-5922
- Medicaid ID
- 6009123 VA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101215000497); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Charles Bessler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101050480Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,639 Medicare Part D claims for 729 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 47 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Olmesartan Medoxomil446 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium392 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate320 claims
- Eliquis273 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium272 claims
- Chlorthalidone270 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: $42.69
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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 2 group practices
- Chesapeake Hospital LLCLively, VA
- Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, Inc.Irvington, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Charles Bessler among 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia
Joseph Charles Bessler, MD is one of 3,599 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 77% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2003 among the 2,234 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 53% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1 internal medicine physician record lists a practice address in Lancaster
They are 1 of the 11 NPPES records with a practice address in Lancaster, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Charles Bessler, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Charles Bessler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306850276, issued on Jul 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Charles Bessler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 36 Lively Oaks RD, Lancaster, VA, 22503. Phone: (804) 462-5155. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Charles Bessler, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101050480, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joseph Charles Bessler, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Charles Bessler, MD had 8,639 Medicare Part D claims for 729 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.