Michael Joshua Lawrence, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Sylva, NC
Michael Joshua Lawrence, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Sylva, North Carolina, and NPI 1215687587, issued on Mar 28, 2022. Check the license (North Carolina 2025-02227, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Joshua Lawrence
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 2025-02227 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 68 Hospital RD, Sylva, NC 28779
- Phone
- (828) 586-7428
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2022
- Record last updated
- Aug 27, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250918003148); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Joshua Lawrence in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2025-02227Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
281 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Budesonide-Formoterol Fumarate11 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Hospital Physician Services - Southeast Professional CorporationClyde, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Joshua Lawrence among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Michael Joshua Lawrence, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2022, is newer than 95% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 95% of these records are older, 2% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Sylva
They are 13 of the 554 NPPES records with a practice address in Sylva, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Michael Joshua Lawrence, MD's NPI number?
Michael Joshua Lawrence, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215687587, issued on Mar 28, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Joshua Lawrence, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 68 Hospital RD, Sylva, NC, 28779. Phone: (828) 586-7428. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Joshua Lawrence, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2025-02227, 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 Michael Joshua Lawrence, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Joshua Lawrence, MD had 281 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.