Michael Chance Hammer, DO
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Michael Chance Hammer, DO is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1588784250, issued on Mar 29, 2007. Check the license (South Carolina 1096, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Chance Hammer
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 1096 SC
67152 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- SC House Calls Inc., Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (800) 491-0909
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Medicaid IDs
- 010963 SC
5922415 NC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070913000027); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio University, College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 2007
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at SC House Calls Inc.
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Michael Chance Hammer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 1096Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
878 Medicare Part D claims for 294 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 32 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin57 claims
- Meloxicam49 claims
- Prednisone36 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl34 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate32 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium26 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 99.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $17.74
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- 24 ON Physicians OF SC LLCSummerville, SC
- SC House Calls IncWest Columbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Chance Hammer among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Michael Chance Hammer, DO is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 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 2007, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 42% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 46% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
269 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 269 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Michael Chance Hammer, DO's NPI number?
Michael Chance Hammer, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588784250, issued on Mar 29, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Chance Hammer, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at SC House Calls Inc., Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (800) 491-0909. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Chance Hammer, DO's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 1096, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael Chance Hammer, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Chance Hammer, DO had 878 Medicare Part D claims for 294 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael Chance Hammer, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.