Joseph Alan Betcher, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Muskegon, MI
Joseph Alan Betcher, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Muskegon, Michigan, and NPI 1730443607, issued on Jun 26, 2012. Check the license (Michigan 4301100636, as entered in NPPES) on the Michigan Board of Medicine (LARA); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Alan Betcher
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 4301100636 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Mercy Health Hackley Campus, Muskegon, MI 49442
- Phone
- (231) 728-4601
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160713001124); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Alan Betcher in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMichigan Board of Medicine (LARA)
Search for license 4301100636Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
211 Medicare Part D claims for 140 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt23 claims
- Prednisone18 claims
- Cephalexin16 claims
- Azithromycin14 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12 claims
- Cefuroxime11 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: $22.12
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Lake Michigan Emergency Specialists, PLLCMuskegon, MI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Alan Betcher among 3,083 emergency medicine physician records in Michigan
Joseph Alan Betcher, M.D. is one of 3,083 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Michigan. 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 2012, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 48% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2013 among the 1,931 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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 207P00000X and a Michigan practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
71 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Muskegon
They are 71 of the 2,646 NPPES records with a practice address in Muskegon, and 3,083 emergency medicine physician records in Michigan.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Alan Betcher, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph Alan Betcher, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730443607, issued on Jun 26, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Alan Betcher, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Mercy Health Hackley Campus, Muskegon, MI, 49442. Phone: (231) 728-4601. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Alan Betcher, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Michigan license number 4301100636, as entered by the provider. Search the Michigan Board of Medicine (LARA) at https://aca-prod.accela.com/MILARA/GeneralProperty/PropertyLookUp.aspx?isLicensee=Y&TabName=APO. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joseph Alan Betcher, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Alan Betcher, M.D. had 211 Medicare Part D claims for 140 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.