Joseph S. Messina, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Grenada, MS
Joseph S. Messina, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Grenada, Mississippi, and NPI 1518980887, issued on Jul 26, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 10305, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph S. Messina
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 10305 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1300 Sunset Drive, Grenada, MS 38901
- Phone
- (662) 226-1646
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 19, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (662) 226-1646
- Medicaid ID
- 00014661 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041116001039); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 1983
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph S. Messina in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 10305Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,682 Medicare Part D claims for 611 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 76 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate421 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium367 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium336 claims
- Furosemide311 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium298 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium293 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $404.86
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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 3 group practices
- Joseph S Messina JR MDGrenada, MS
- State OF Mississippi-University OF Mississippi Medical CenterGrenada, MS
- Tallahatchie General HospitalGrenada, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph S. Messina among 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi
Joseph S. Messina, MD is one of 972 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 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 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2008 among the 585 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 52% 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 Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Grenada
They are 2 of the 182 NPPES records with a practice address in Grenada, and 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Joseph S. Messina, MD's NPI number?
Joseph S. Messina, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518980887, issued on Jul 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph S. Messina, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1300 Sunset Drive, Grenada, MS, 38901. Phone: (662) 226-1646. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph S. Messina, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 10305, 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 S. Messina, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph S. Messina, MD had 10,682 Medicare Part D claims for 611 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph S. Messina, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.