Kris B. Cummings, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Kinston, NC
Kris B. Cummings, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Kinston, North Carolina, and NPI 1326259425, issued on May 24, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 2006-00561, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kris B. Cummings
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 2006-00561 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 701 Doctors Drive, Kinston, NC 28501
- Phone
- (252) 559-2200
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jan 10, 2022
- Fax
- (252) 522-9778
- Medicaid ID
- 5910839 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080317000515); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kris B. Cummings in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2006-00561Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
12,237 Medicare Part D claims for 625 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 250 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate521 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium491 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium470 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium418 claims
- Omeprazole397 claims
- Gabapentin299 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: $1,185.20
75 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 one group practice
- Vidant Medical Group LLCKinston, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kris B. Cummings among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Kris B. Cummings, 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 2007, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 48% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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 Kris B. Cummings, MD's NPI number?
Kris B. Cummings, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326259425, issued on May 24, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kris B. Cummings, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 701 Doctors Drive, Kinston, NC, 28501. Phone: (252) 559-2200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kris B. Cummings, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2006-00561, 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 Kris B. Cummings, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kris B. Cummings, MD had 12,237 Medicare Part D claims for 625 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kris B. Cummings, 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.