Joshua James Penninger, MSM, MMS, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Lexington, NC
Joshua James Penninger, MSM, MMS, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Lexington, North Carolina, and NPI 1730863945, issued on Jun 9, 2023. Check the license with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua James Penninger
- Credential
- MSM, MMS, PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 250 Hospital Dr, Lexington, NC 27292
- Phone
- (336) 248-5161
- Enumerated
- Jun 9, 2023
- Record last updated
- Aug 10, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230824004420); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 250 Hospital Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Joshua James Penninger in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
12 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $223.62
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesLexington, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
31 physician assistant records list a practice address in Lexington
They are 31 of the 659 NPPES records with a practice address in Lexington, and 9,279 physician assistant records in North Carolina.
All 31 in Lexington → All 9,279 in North Carolina → Every provider in Lexington →
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Common questions
What is Joshua James Penninger, MSM, MMS, PA-C's NPI number?
Joshua James Penninger, MSM, MMS, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730863945, issued on Jun 9, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua James Penninger, MSM, MMS, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 250 Hospital Dr, Lexington, NC, 27292. Phone: (336) 248-5161. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua James Penninger, MSM, MMS, PA-C's license?
Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joshua James Penninger, MSM, MMS, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua James Penninger, MSM, MMS, PA-C had 12 Medicare Part D claims; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.