Joseph Earl Roberts, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Lumberton, NC
Joseph Earl Roberts, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lumberton, North Carolina, and NPI 1518955269, issued on Oct 7, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 32959, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Earl Roberts
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 32959 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3005 N Elm St, Lumberton, NC 28358
- Phone
- (910) 738-7789
- Enumerated
- Oct 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (910) 738-7599
- Medicaid ID
- 8971958 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051017000906); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3005 N Elm St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Joel Hart, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1497746697
Verify Joseph Earl Roberts in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 32959Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
1% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,584 Medicare Part D claims for 303 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 67 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate219 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium167 claims
- Furosemide136 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate113 claims
- Gabapentin104 claims
- Lisinopril100 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: $184.17
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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.
4 hospitals and group practices
- Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
- Columbus Family Medical PAShallotte, NC
- Southeastern Integrated CareLumberton, NC
- Southeastern Regional Physician ServicesLumberton, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Joseph Earl Roberts among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Joseph Earl Roberts, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 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).
27 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Lumberton
They are 27 of the 1,071 NPPES records with a practice address in Lumberton, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Charles Almond, M.D.Lumberton, NC 283581134175128
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- Paul Gordon, M.D.Lumberton, NC 283581215931936
- Charlene Locklear, M.D.Lumberton, NC 283581083875793
- Carolyn McCormick, MDLumberton, NC 283581417917311
- James McLeod, M.D.Lumberton, NC 283581639183700
- Robin Peace, MDLumberton, NC 283581437158201
Common questions
What is Joseph Earl Roberts, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph Earl Roberts, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518955269, issued on Oct 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Earl Roberts, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3005 N Elm St, Lumberton, NC, 28358. Phone: (910) 738-7789. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Earl Roberts, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 32959, 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 Earl Roberts, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Earl Roberts, M.D. had 3,584 Medicare Part D claims for 303 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.