Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Kinston, NC
Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Kinston, North Carolina, and NPI 1457336760, issued on Dec 8, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 9801319, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kenneth Lee Johnson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9801319 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 701 Doctors Dr, Kinston, NC 28501
- Phone
- (252) 559-2200
- Enumerated
- Dec 8, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 31, 2026
- Fax
- (252) 522-9778
- Medicaid ID
- 891263G NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100512001012); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina University, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kenneth Lee Johnson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9801319Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
21,061 Medicare Part D claims for 746 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. 452 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium855 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate835 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium504 claims
- Omeprazole485 claims
- Gabapentin476 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium458 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): 98.3 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: $1,008.48
66 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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
- Proactive Therapy OF North Carolina IncWilson, NC
- Vidant Medical Group LLCKinston, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kenneth Lee Johnson among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
24 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Kinston
They are 24 of the 521 NPPES records with a practice address in Kinston, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD's NPI number?
Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457336760, issued on Dec 8, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 701 Doctors Dr, Kinston, NC, 28501. Phone: (252) 559-2200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9801319, 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 Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD had 21,061 Medicare Part D claims for 746 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kenneth Lee Johnson, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 98.3 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.