NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Joshua Lesko

Emergency Medicine Physician · Portsmouth, VA

Joshua Lesko is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Portsmouth, Virginia, and NPI 1235520685, issued on Feb 6, 2015. Check the license (Virginia 0101260724, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1235520685
Name
Joshua Lesko
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
0101260724 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
620 John Paul Jones Cir, Portsmouth, VA 23708
Phone
(757) 953-0669
Enumerated
Feb 6, 2015
Record last updated
May 30, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240524000348); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2015
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 620 John Paul Jones Cir

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. John Aalto, DPMFoot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist1518196054
  2. Joy Aaron, RNRegistered Nurse1083765911
  3. Mark Abadilla, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1447135793
  4. Jason Abbot, PHARMDPharmacotherapy Pharmacist1215907324
  5. Renee AbernathyStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1124969670
  6. Vivek Abraham, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1942829494

Verify Joshua Lesko in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
    Search for license 0101260724
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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55% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

101 Medicare Part D claims for 84 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Joshua Lesko101
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Cephalexin16 claims
  2. Ibuprofen15 claims
  3. Prednisone11 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Emergency Physicians OF TidewaterNorfolk, VA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Joshua Lesko among 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia

Joshua Lesko is one of 1,715 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 80% 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 71% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 71% of these records are older, 27% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2011 among the 956 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

78 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Portsmouth

They are 78 of the 2,857 NPPES records with a practice address in Portsmouth, and 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. David Champ, M.D.Portsmouth, VA 237081013977990
  2. Thomas Craig, M.D.Portsmouth, VA 237081124092291
  3. Marcelo Darabos, D.O.Portsmouth, VA 237081558332460
  4. Charles Erdman, M.D.Portsmouth, VA 237081740250687
  5. Robert Frank, MDPortsmouth, VA 237081417944059
  6. Christopher Hejmanowski, DOPortsmouth, VA 237081427013143
  7. Matthew Lawrence, M.D.Portsmouth, VA 237081134109622
  8. Todd Luyber, DOPortsmouth, VA 237081982672960

Common questions

What is Joshua Lesko's NPI number?

Joshua Lesko's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235520685, issued on Feb 6, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Joshua Lesko located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 620 John Paul Jones Cir, Portsmouth, VA, 23708. Phone: (757) 953-0669. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Joshua Lesko's license?

NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101260724, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Joshua Lesko prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Joshua Lesko had 101 Medicare Part D claims for 84 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.