Lucas Shane Elms, DO
Psychiatry Physician · Asheville, NC
Lucas Shane Elms, DO is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Asheville, North Carolina, and NPI 1821550542, issued on Apr 2, 2019. Check the license (North Carolina 2023-00591, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lucas Shane Elms
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 2023-00591 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 85 Zillicoa St, Asheville, NC 28801
- Phone
- (828) 802-0163
- Enumerated
- Apr 2, 2019
- Record last updated
- May 13, 2025
- Fax
- (828) 285-8773
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lucas Shane Elms in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2023-00591Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
141 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of 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.
Lucas Shane Elms among 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina
Lucas Shane Elms, DO is one of 1,725 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 69% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 86% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 43% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
110 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Asheville
They are 110 of the 8,173 NPPES records with a practice address in Asheville, and 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Lucas Shane Elms, DO's NPI number?
Lucas Shane Elms, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821550542, issued on Apr 2, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lucas Shane Elms, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 85 Zillicoa St, Asheville, NC, 28801. Phone: (828) 802-0163. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lucas Shane Elms, DO's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2023-00591, 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 Lucas Shane Elms, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lucas Shane Elms, DO had 141 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.