Joshua Wade McCarthy, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Waycross, GA
Joshua Wade McCarthy, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Waycross, Georgia, and NPI 1578827408, issued on Jun 26, 2012. Check the license (Georgia 71782, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua Wade McCarthy
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 71782 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 407 W Oneida St, Waycross, GA 31501
- Phone
- (912) 338-0065
- Enumerated
- Jun 26, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jun 19, 2024
- Fax
- (912) 338-0920
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150616002525); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joshua Wade McCarthy in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 71782Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
22,582 Medicare Part D claims for 596 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 998 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium845 claims
- Gabapentin719 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium597 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate578 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium536 claims
- Furosemide508 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: $549.71
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- South Georgia Physicians Group, LLCWaycross, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joshua Wade McCarthy among 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia
Joshua Wade McCarthy, MD is one of 3,951 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 65% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 65% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2005 among the 2,542 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 53% 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 Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
17 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Waycross
They are 17 of the 514 NPPES records with a practice address in Waycross, and 3,951 family medicine physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is Joshua Wade McCarthy, MD's NPI number?
Joshua Wade McCarthy, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578827408, issued on Jun 26, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua Wade McCarthy, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 407 W Oneida St, Waycross, GA, 31501. Phone: (912) 338-0065. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua Wade McCarthy, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 71782, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joshua Wade McCarthy, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua Wade McCarthy, MD had 22,582 Medicare Part D claims for 596 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.