Lucia Derks, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Spruce Pine, NC
Lucia Derks, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, and NPI 1285976456, issued on Mar 26, 2013. Check the license (North Carolina 2017-01043, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lucia Derks
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 2017-01043 NC
57.022905 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 125 Hospital Dr, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
- Phone
- (828) 765-4201
- Enumerated
- Mar 26, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170801000590); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 125 Hospital Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michael DamicoPhysician Assistant1073805032
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- Annabelle GreeneFamily Nurse Practitioner1518762624
- Kaitlyn Hobbs, MA CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1881204048
- Deborah Holcomb, DOInternal Medicine Physician1407801632
- Timothy Holcomb, PAPhysician Assistant1093160582
Verify Lucia Derks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2017-01043Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
29% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
292 Medicare Part D claims for 156 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt37 claims
- Prednisone25 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl20 claims
- Promethazine Hcl20 claims
- Gabapentin18 claims
- Sucralfate12 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: $25.29
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Emergency Coverage LLCAsheville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
6 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Spruce Pine
They are 6 of the 132 NPPES records with a practice address in Spruce Pine, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 6 in Spruce Pine → All 2,094 in North Carolina → Every provider in Spruce Pine →
Other emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
- Kyle Abshire, M.D.Durham, NC1184044331
- Stephanny Acevedo MartinezGreenville, NC1508271560
- Joanna Adams, M.D.Greenville, NC1083900062
- John Adams, M.D.Oxford, NC1801116892
- Victor Adan, MDFranklin, NC1497719645
- Juliana Adedoyin, MDGreenville, NC1235758053
- Paula AdkinsSanford, NC1336193184
- Fekadu AdmasuFayetteville, NC1801050257
- Frank AgatucciDurham, NC1912971631
- David AhlersConcord, NC1972829166
Common questions
What is Lucia Derks, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lucia Derks, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285976456, issued on Mar 26, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lucia Derks, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 125 Hospital Dr, Spruce Pine, NC, 28777. Phone: (828) 765-4201. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lucia Derks, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2017-01043, 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 Lucia Derks, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lucia Derks, M.D. had 292 Medicare Part D claims for 156 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.