NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lucius F. Sams, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Pearl, MS

Lucius F. Sams, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Pearl, Mississippi, and NPI 1003838699, issued on Jul 24, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 11081, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1003838699
Name
Lucius F. Sams
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
11081 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3011 Greenfield RD, Pearl, MS 39208
Phone
(601) 825-9000
Enumerated
Jul 24, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 16, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(601) 825-2513
Medicaid ID
00119501 MS
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040615000566); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 1985
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 3011 Greenfield RD

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. David Flemming, MDInternal Medicine Physician1093726739

Verify Lucius F. Sams in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

8,975 Medicare Part D claims for 564 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.

  1. Lucius Sams8,975
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium526 claims
  2. Omeprazole371 claims
  3. Rosuvastatin Calcium303 claims
  4. Hydrochlorothiazide258 claims
  5. Lisinopril252 claims
  6. Metformin Hcl Er252 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $543.09

33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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.

  1. Lucius Sams$543.09
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Medical Foundation OF Central Mississippi IncPearl, MS

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Lucius F. Sams among 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi

Lucius F. Sams, MD is one of 972 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 82% 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 63% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated1985 · median 2008 among the 585 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 52% 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 Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

3 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Pearl

They are 3 of the 198 NPPES records with a practice address in Pearl, and 972 internal medicine physician records in Mississippi.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Nikesia Beamon-Webb, M.D.Pearl, MS 392081760621254
  2. David Flemming, MDPearl, MS 392081093726739
  3. Bob HutchinsJackson, MS 392091033150263
  4. Shanna Pettie, M.D.Jackson, MS 392091093978918
  5. Nurudeen Shekoni, MDJackson, MS 392061841347770
  6. Adesola Shekoni, MDJackson, MS 392061972650885
  7. David Williams, M.D.Jackson, MS 392061245329341
  8. Joseph Blackston, MDJackson, MS 392111194834747

Common questions

What is Lucius F. Sams, MD's NPI number?

Lucius F. Sams, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003838699, issued on Jul 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lucius F. Sams, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3011 Greenfield RD, Pearl, MS, 39208. Phone: (601) 825-9000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lucius F. Sams, MD's license?

NPPES lists Mississippi license number 11081, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Lucius F. Sams, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Lucius F. Sams, MD had 8,975 Medicare Part D claims for 564 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Lucius F. Sams, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.