Joseph Vincent Lamar, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Hickory, NC
Joseph Vincent Lamar, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1073928883, issued on Jul 1, 2014. Check the license (North Carolina 2022-028321, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Vincent Lamar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 2022-028321 NC
4301106233 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 415 N Center St Ste 102, Hickory, NC 28601
- Phone
- (678) 855-2568
- Enumerated
- Jul 1, 2014
- Record last updated
- Aug 29, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 415 N Center St Ste 102
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Flor Rivera, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1336802115
Verify Joseph Vincent Lamar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2022-028321Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
470 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 71% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa76 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta75 claims
- Breztri Aerosphere63 claims
- Anoro Ellipta46 claims
- Stiolto Respimat35 claims
- Symbicort28 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: $1,141.24
32 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medical Device Business Services, Inc. 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.
Joseph Vincent Lamar among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Joseph Vincent Lamar, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2014, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 74% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 67% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
37 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Hickory
They are 37 of the 2,124 NPPES records with a practice address in Hickory, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Vincent Lamar, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Vincent Lamar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073928883, issued on Jul 1, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Vincent Lamar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 415 N Center St Ste 102, Hickory, NC, 28601. Phone: (678) 855-2568. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Vincent Lamar, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2022-028321, 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 Vincent Lamar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Vincent Lamar, MD had 470 Medicare Part D claims for 103 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.