Lunsford Richardson King, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Wilmington, NC
Lunsford Richardson King, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1831274026, issued on Oct 26, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200100392, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lunsford Richardson King
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 200100392 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2131 South 17TH Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
- Phone
- (910) 343-7597
- Enumerated
- Oct 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 9, 2026
- Fax
- (910) 791-6890
- Medicaid IDs
- Q0039N SC
891286V NC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071020000129); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest psychiatry physician records → All 1,725 in North Carolina → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 2131 South 17TH Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Cynthia Merrell, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1033142765
Verify Lunsford Richardson King in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 200100392Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
57% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
429 Medicare Part D claims for 61 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone59 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate20 claims
- Olanzapine20 claims
- Trazodone Hcl20 claims
- Invega Sustenna19 claims
- Buspirone Hcl16 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: $284.13
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alkermes, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Southeastern Integrated CareLumberton, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lunsford Richardson King among 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina
Lunsford Richardson King, M.D. 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2006 among the 744 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
Psychiatry Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina.
All 1,725 in North Carolina → Every provider in Wilmington → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Birger Bentsen, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284011366517153
- Jeanne Birdsong, MDWilmington, NC 284011982683587
- Paul Buongiorno, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284011821075805
- Eric Christopher, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284011174624035
- Scott Crowder, MDWilmington, NC 284011710084983
- Kevin Durocher, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284011386675528
- David EasonWilmington, NC 284011598709511
- Tesfa-Alem Gebremeskel, MDWilmington, NC 284011770575565
Common questions
What is Lunsford Richardson King, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lunsford Richardson King, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831274026, issued on Oct 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lunsford Richardson King, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2131 South 17TH Street, Wilmington, NC, 28401. Phone: (910) 343-7597. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lunsford Richardson King, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200100392, 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 Lunsford Richardson King, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lunsford Richardson King, M.D. had 429 Medicare Part D claims for 61 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.