Patrick W. Donahue, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Cary, NC
Patrick W. Donahue, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Cary, North Carolina, and NPI 1275581142, issued on May 4, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 217024, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Patrick W. Donahue
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 217024 NC
ME73999 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 222 Ashville Ave, Cary, NC 27518
- Phone
- (919) 859-1136
- Enumerated
- May 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 22, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (850) 650-8820
- Medicaid ID
- 252498800 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161207001347); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 222 Ashville Ave
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Verify Patrick W. Donahue in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 217024Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
218 Medicare Part D claims for 161 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Doxycycline Hyclate27 claims
- Prednisone19 claims
- Cephalexin16 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro15 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass13 claims
- Ofloxacin12 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: $38.09
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. 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
- Wakemed Specialists Group LLCRaleigh, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Patrick W. Donahue among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Patrick W. Donahue, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 50% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
93 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Cary
They are 93 of the 5,665 NPPES records with a practice address in Cary, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Patrick W. Donahue, MD's NPI number?
Patrick W. Donahue, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275581142, issued on May 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Patrick W. Donahue, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 222 Ashville Ave, Cary, NC, 27518. Phone: (919) 859-1136. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Patrick W. Donahue, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 217024, 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 Patrick W. Donahue, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Patrick W. Donahue, MD had 218 Medicare Part D claims for 161 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.