Joshua Thomas Watson, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Mount Pleasant, SC
Joshua Thomas Watson, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and NPI 1831171461, issued on Nov 18, 2005. Check the license (South Carolina 37883, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua Thomas Watson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 37883 SC
69272 GA
MDR-4640 HI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1300 Hospital Dr, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
- Phone
- (843) 884-5200
- Enumerated
- Nov 18, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 22, 2024
- Fax
- (843) 884-6417
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151029003094); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1300 Hospital Dr
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Verify Joshua Thomas Watson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 37883Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
487 Medicare Part D claims for 200 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 40% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium75 claims
- Omeprazole53 claims
- Sutab53 claims
- Creon31 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf25 claims
- Colesevelam Hcl19 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): 5.2 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: $641.71
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Qol Medical, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- East Cooper Physician Group LLCDaniel Island, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
16 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Mount Pleasant
They are 16 of the 1,227 NPPES records with a practice address in Mount Pleasant, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
All 16 in Mount Pleasant → All 1,881 in South Carolina → Every provider in Mount Pleasant →
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Common questions
What is Joshua Thomas Watson, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joshua Thomas Watson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831171461, issued on Nov 18, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua Thomas Watson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1300 Hospital Dr, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464. Phone: (843) 884-5200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua Thomas Watson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 37883, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joshua Thomas Watson, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua Thomas Watson, M.D. had 487 Medicare Part D claims for 200 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joshua Thomas Watson, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 5.2 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.