Karel F. Rybnicek, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Shelby, NC
Karel F. Rybnicek, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Shelby, North Carolina, and NPI 1962472357, issued on Jan 26, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 33739, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karel F. Rybnicek
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 33739 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 808 N Washington St, Shelby, NC 28150
- Phone
- (980) 487-1400
- Enumerated
- Jan 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101007000985); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 808 N Washington St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Karel F. Rybnicek in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 33739Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,456 Medicare Part D claims for 578 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium647 claims
- Sucralfate168 claims
- Peg 3350-Electrolyte132 claims
- Rabeprazole Sodium79 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl74 claims
- Omeprazole60 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): 95.4 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: $206.99
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. 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 2 group practices
- Atrium Health Specialty Network IncCharlotte, NC
- Carolinas Physicians Network IncShelby, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
35 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Shelby
They are 35 of the 924 NPPES records with a practice address in Shelby, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Karel F. Rybnicek, MD's NPI number?
Karel F. Rybnicek, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962472357, issued on Jan 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karel F. Rybnicek, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 808 N Washington St, Shelby, NC, 28150. Phone: (980) 487-1400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karel F. Rybnicek, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 33739, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karel F. Rybnicek, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karel F. Rybnicek, MD had 1,456 Medicare Part D claims for 578 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Karel F. Rybnicek, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.4 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.