Laura N. Cain, P.A.
Medical Physician Assistant · North Charleston, SC
Laura N. Cain, P.A. is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in North Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1043617327, issued on Dec 2, 2014. Check the license (South Carolina 2224, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura N. Cain
- Credential
- P.A.
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License numbers
- 2224 SC
6527 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8740 Rivers Ave, North Charleston, SC 29406
- Phone
- (843) 572-5990
- Enumerated
- Dec 2, 2014
- Record last updated
- Nov 28, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191118003296); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 2012
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Laura N. Cain in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 2224Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
78% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
251 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium17 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa16 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wellstar Medical Group LLCKennesaw, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura N. Cain among 493 medical physician assistant records in South Carolina
Laura N. Cain, P.A. is one of 493 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in South Carolina. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 58% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2014 among the 282 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
24 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in North Charleston
They are 24 of the 1,964 NPPES records with a practice address in North Charleston, and 493 medical physician assistant records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Laura N. Cain, P.A.'s NPI number?
Laura N. Cain, P.A.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043617327, issued on Dec 2, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura N. Cain, P.A. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8740 Rivers Ave, North Charleston, SC, 29406. Phone: (843) 572-5990. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura N. Cain, P.A.'s license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 2224, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Laura N. Cain, P.A. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura N. Cain, P.A. had 251 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Laura N. Cain, P.A.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.