Loretta Anne Dickson, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Forest City, NC
Loretta Anne Dickson, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Forest City, North Carolina, and NPI 1376513523, issued on Jan 23, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2000-00771, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Loretta Anne Dickson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 2000-00771 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 281 E Main St, Forest City, NC 28043
- Phone
- (828) 245-6400
- Enumerated
- Jan 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 21, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 245-3838
- Medicaid ID
- 8912627 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100211000594); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 1997
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 281 E Main St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Patrick Esposito, MDFamily Medicine Physician1922078823
- Mary Goodwin, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1265737241
- Laura Hillard, DOFamily Medicine Physician1750022315
- Ryan Spurlin, PA-CPhysician Assistant1508372137
Verify Loretta Anne Dickson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2000-00771Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
15,161 Medicare Part D claims for 685 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 558 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium531 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium484 claims
- Lorazepam387 claims
- Gabapentin385 claims
- Omeprazole351 claims
- Alprazolam331 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): 96.1 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: $42.43
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Spartanburg Medical CenterForest City, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Loretta Anne Dickson among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Loretta Anne Dickson, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Forest City
They are 13 of the 253 NPPES records with a practice address in Forest City, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 4,953 in North Carolina → Every provider in Forest City → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Brian Bell, M.D.Forest City, NC 280431518961275
- John Bennett, MDForest City, NC 280431033189717
- Patrick Esposito, MDForest City, NC 280431922078823
- George Finch, MDForest City, NC 280431497775597
- Laura Hillard, DOForest City, NC 280431750022315
- Matthew Kramer, DOForest City, NC 280431265740039
- Lonnie Lassiter, M.D.Forest City, NC 280431457302804
- Michele Mercer, M.D.Forest City, NC 280431821007626
Common questions
What is Loretta Anne Dickson, MD's NPI number?
Loretta Anne Dickson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376513523, issued on Jan 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Loretta Anne Dickson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 281 E Main St, Forest City, NC, 28043. Phone: (828) 245-6400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Loretta Anne Dickson, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2000-00771, 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 Loretta Anne Dickson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Loretta Anne Dickson, MD had 15,161 Medicare Part D claims for 685 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Loretta Anne Dickson, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.1 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.