Joseph A. Cefalu, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Wake Forest, NC
Joseph A. Cefalu, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and NPI 1528003225, issued on Jun 17, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200500170, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph A. Cefalu
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 200500170 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3213 Rogers RD, Wake Forest, NC 27587
- Phone
- (919) 562-2288
- Enumerated
- Jun 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 28, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 562-2225
- Medicaid ID
- 5901791 NC
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph A. Cefalu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 200500170Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $140.88
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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.
Joseph A. Cefalu among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Joseph A. Cefalu, 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2020 · 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).
28 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Wake Forest
They are 28 of the 1,106 NPPES records with a practice address in Wake Forest, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Joseph A. Cefalu, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph A. Cefalu, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528003225, issued on Jun 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph A. Cefalu, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3213 Rogers RD, Wake Forest, NC, 27587. Phone: (919) 562-2288. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph A. Cefalu, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200500170, 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.
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.