Michael J. Best, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Michigan City, IN
Michael J. Best, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Michigan City, Indiana, and NPI 1083621510, issued on Aug 1, 2006. Check the license (Indiana 01044429, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael J. Best
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 01044429 IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8865 W 400 N Ste 165, Michigan City, IN 46360
- Phone
- (219) 877-3333
- Enumerated
- Aug 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 21, 2023
- Fax
- (219) 878-9644
- Medicaid ID
- 200093060 IN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080910000639); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8865 W 400 N Ste 165
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Halle Freeze, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1255224655
Verify Michael J. Best in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Licensing Board of Indiana
Search for license 01044429Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,942 Medicare Part D claims for 438 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 511 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium398 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium385 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium380 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate359 claims
- Omeprazole308 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen283 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: $36.90
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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
- Franciscan Physician NetworkMichigan City, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael J. Best among 3,506 family medicine physician records in Indiana
Michael J. Best, MD is one of 3,506 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Indiana. 81% 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 19% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 19% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2005 among the 2,196 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 48% 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 Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
21 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Michigan City
They are 21 of the 596 NPPES records with a practice address in Michigan City, and 3,506 family medicine physician records in Indiana.
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Common questions
What is Michael J. Best, MD's NPI number?
Michael J. Best, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083621510, issued on Aug 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael J. Best, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8865 W 400 N Ste 165, Michigan City, IN, 46360. Phone: (219) 877-3333. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael J. Best, MD's license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 01044429, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana at https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/physicians-home/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael J. Best, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael J. Best, MD had 10,942 Medicare Part D claims for 438 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.