Josh Lester, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Lexington, KY
Josh Lester, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Lexington, Kentucky, and NPI 1497139851, issued on Jul 16, 2015. Check the license (Kentucky 52773, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Josh Lester
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 52773 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2400 Harrodsburg RD, Lexington, KY 40503
- Phone
- (859) 278-0319
- Enumerated
- Jul 16, 2015
- Record last updated
- Jun 12, 2024
- Fax
- (859) 277-9699
- Medicaid ID
- 7100423710 KY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220804003405); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2400 Harrodsburg RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Yousef Hindi, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1972132751
- Jasmine Mingua, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1952174229
- Stephen Mitchell, DOPulmonary Disease Physician1619439536
- Amish Parikh, DOPulmonary Disease Physician1629699582
- Evan Stearns, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1770042657
Verify Josh Lester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 52773Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
62 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 55% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Fluticasone Propionate15 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa14 claims
- Stiolto Respimat12 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $32.75
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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 one group practice
- Baptist Health Medical Group IncLexington, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Josh Lester among 235 pulmonary disease physician records in Kentucky
Josh Lester, MD is one of 235 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 80% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 80% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2005 among the 177 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Kentucky
There are 235 pulmonary disease physician records in Kentucky.
All 235 in Kentucky → Every provider in Lexington → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Arvind Bansal, MDLexington, KY 405031962523381
- Donna Gerhardstein, MDLexington, KY 405031083628978
- John Harrison, M.D.Lexington, KY 405031679587208
- Matthew McIntosh, M.D.Lexington, KY 405031427187889
- Christopher Meenach, D.O.Lexington, KY 405031881039204
- Stephen Mitchell, DOLexington, KY 405031619439536
- Joseph Mueller, MDLexington, KY 405031013170794
- Evan Stearns, MDLexington, KY 405031770042657
Common questions
What is Josh Lester, MD's NPI number?
Josh Lester, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497139851, issued on Jul 16, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Josh Lester, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2400 Harrodsburg RD, Lexington, KY, 40503. Phone: (859) 278-0319. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Josh Lester, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 52773, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Josh Lester, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Josh Lester, MD had 62 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Josh Lester, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.5 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.