Krista Potthast Gressette, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Krista Potthast Gressette, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1720604838, issued on Jun 24, 2020. Check the license (South Carolina 84509, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Krista Potthast Gressette
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 84509 SC
LL84509 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4540 Trenholm RD, Columbia, SC 29206
- Phone
- (803) 434-4153
- Enumerated
- Jun 24, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jan 16, 2024
- Fax
- (803) 434-4160
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230907000036); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, Greenville, 2020
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4540 Trenholm RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Edgar Deschamps, MDInternal Medicine Physician1699734483
- Kellie Foster, NPNurse Practitioner1467257824
- Jennifer Gillis, NP-CPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1407195688
- Edward Haselden, MDInternal Medicine Physician1306805197
- Rosa Jimenez, MDInternal Medicine Physician1912966714
Verify Krista Potthast Gressette in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 84509Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,663 Medicare Part D claims for 181 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium98 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium93 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium86 claims
- Losartan Potassium60 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate58 claims
- Omeprazole51 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $927.80
46 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Lexington Health IncColumbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Krista Potthast Gressette among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Krista Potthast Gressette, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 74% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 46% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
269 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 269 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Erik Crook, M.D.Columbia, SC 292061659449544
- Edgar Deschamps, MDColumbia, SC 292061699734483
- Uday Doppalapudi, M.D.Columbia, SC 292061679599237
- Edward Haselden, MDColumbia, SC 292061306805197
- Rosa Jimenez, MDColumbia, SC 292061912966714
- Ruben Mayer, MDColumbia, SC 292061891755039
- Mathew Mazzola, DOColumbia, SC 292061497275895
- Christian Moore, MDColumbia, SC 292061861132763
Common questions
What is Krista Potthast Gressette, MD's NPI number?
Krista Potthast Gressette, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720604838, issued on Jun 24, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Krista Potthast Gressette, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4540 Trenholm RD, Columbia, SC, 29206. Phone: (803) 434-4153. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Krista Potthast Gressette, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 84509, 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 Krista Potthast Gressette, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Krista Potthast Gressette, MD had 1,663 Medicare Part D claims for 181 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.