Paul Matthew Clayton, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Paul Matthew Clayton, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1144884701, issued on Apr 29, 2019. Check the license (South Carolina LL82313, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Matthew Clayton
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- LL82313 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Emergency Medicine Department, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803) 434-7088
- Enumerated
- Apr 29, 2019
- Record last updated
- Apr 29, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (803) 434-3946
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220624000810); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paul Matthew Clayton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license LL82313Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
217 Medicare Part D claims for 150 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 43 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tizanidine Hcl39 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen29 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate14 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl11 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: $41.05
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Emergency Physicians GroupHuntsville, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paul Matthew Clayton among 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina
Paul Matthew Clayton, MD is one of 1,244 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 74% of these records are older, 21% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2012 among the 752 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
219 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 219 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Paul Matthew Clayton, MD's NPI number?
Paul Matthew Clayton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144884701, issued on Apr 29, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Matthew Clayton, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Emergency Medicine Department, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 434-7088. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Matthew Clayton, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number LL82313, 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 Paul Matthew Clayton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Matthew Clayton, MD had 217 Medicare Part D claims for 150 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.