Paul Horton, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Winston Salem, NC
Paul Horton, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1740265289, issued on Dec 7, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 21971, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Horton
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 21971 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3333 Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston Salem, NC 27103
- Phone
- (336) 765-9328
- Enumerated
- Dec 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Medicaid ID
- 8943776 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100515000121); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 1976
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paul Horton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 21971Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
245 Medicare Part D claims for 157 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims. 64 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen36 claims
- Prednisone24 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate17 claims
- Cephalexin16 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen12 claims
- Tramadol Hcl12 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: $17.98
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. 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
- Forsyth Emergency Services, P.A.Winston Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paul Horton among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Paul Horton, M.D. is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1976 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 55% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
174 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 174 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Paul Horton, M.D.'s NPI number?
Paul Horton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740265289, issued on Dec 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Horton, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3333 Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston Salem, NC, 27103. Phone: (336) 765-9328. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Horton, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 21971, 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 Paul Horton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Horton, M.D. had 245 Medicare Part D claims for 157 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.