Joseph A. Kwentus, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Flowood, MS
Joseph A. Kwentus, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Flowood, Mississippi, and NPI 1477582096, issued on Jul 3, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 17834, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph A. Kwentus
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 17834 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3531 Lakeland Drive, Flowood, MS 39232
- Phone
- (601) 420-5810
- Enumerated
- Jul 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 28, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (601) 420-5811
- Medicaid IDs
- 00018209 MS
00126737 MS - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040414001441); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Saint Louis University School Of Medicine, 1972
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest psychiatry physician records → All 272 in Mississippi → Look up another NPI →
Verify Joseph A. Kwentus in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 17834Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,911 Medicare Part D claims for 157 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sertraline Hcl90 claims
- Trazodone Hcl85 claims
- Olanzapine80 claims
- Aripiprazole72 claims
- Alprazolam65 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl57 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: $2,062.44
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Hinds County Mental HealthJackson, MS
- Precise Clinical Neuroscience SpecialistsFlowood, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph A. Kwentus among 272 psychiatry physician records in Mississippi
Joseph A. Kwentus, MD is one of 272 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 64% 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 64% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 41% of these records are
- Graduated1972 · median 2004 among the 111 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 2084P0800X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Mississippi
There are 272 psychiatry physician records in Mississippi.
All 272 in Mississippi → Every provider in Flowood → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Osman Athar, MDFlowood, MS 392321932587979
- Rosalie Casano, M.D.Flowood, MS 392321396776480
- Gregory Gordon, M.D.Flowood, MS 392321639105794
- Akif Khawaja, M.D.Flowood, MS 392321659381044
- Sudhakar MadakasiraFlowood, MS 392321891886339
- Mark Rester, M.D.Flowood, MS 392321538140512
- Kaitlyn Salter, MDFlowood, MS 392321831728963
- Bijoy Sam, DOFlowood, MS 392321689410599
Common questions
What is Joseph A. Kwentus, MD's NPI number?
Joseph A. Kwentus, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477582096, issued on Jul 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph A. Kwentus, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3531 Lakeland Drive, Flowood, MS, 39232. Phone: (601) 420-5810. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph A. Kwentus, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 17834, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joseph A. Kwentus, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph A. Kwentus, MD had 1,911 Medicare Part D claims for 157 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.