Joshua Shane Akers, DO
General Practice Physician · Louisville, KY
Joshua Shane Akers, DO is a general practice physician with a practice address in Louisville, Kentucky, and NPI 1467030593, issued on Mar 30, 2021. Check the license (Kentucky 05891, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua Shane Akers
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License numbers
- 05891 KY
R5639 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4423 Bardstown RD, Louisville, KY 40218
- Phone
- (502) 749-7909
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jan 14, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220913003064); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 4423 Bardstown RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Jillian Champion, RNFamily Nurse Practitioner1871092601
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Verify Joshua Shane Akers in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 05891Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice physician in 2024
786 Medicare Part D claims for 122 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium48 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate41 claims
- Lisinopril29 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa23 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate22 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium21 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $271.34
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 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
- University OF Louisville Physicians IncShepherdsville, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Joshua Shane Akers, DO's NPI number?
Joshua Shane Akers, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467030593, issued on Mar 30, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua Shane Akers, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4423 Bardstown RD, Louisville, KY, 40218. Phone: (502) 749-7909. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua Shane Akers, DO's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 05891, 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 Joshua Shane Akers, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua Shane Akers, DO had 786 Medicare Part D claims for 122 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joshua Shane Akers, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.