Pauline E. Meekins, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Charleston, SC
Pauline E. Meekins, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1619184983, issued on May 17, 2007. Check the license (South Carolina 29845, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Pauline E. Meekins
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 29845 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 171 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC 29425
- Phone
- (843) 792-1414
- Enumerated
- May 17, 2007
- Record last updated
- Dec 12, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221130000294); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Pauline E. Meekins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 29845Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
236 Medicare Part D claims for 190 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Doxycycline Hyclate25 claims
- Cefuroxime21 claims
- Prednisone20 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass17 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro17 claims
- Cephalexin15 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
- Duke University Affiliated Physicians, Inc.Durham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Pauline E. Meekins among 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina
Pauline E. Meekins, 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 2007, is newer than 35% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 35% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2012 among the 752 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
223 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Charleston
They are 223 of the 10,840 NPPES records with a practice address in Charleston, and 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Pauline E. Meekins, MD's NPI number?
Pauline E. Meekins, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619184983, issued on May 17, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Pauline E. Meekins, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 171 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC, 29425. Phone: (843) 792-1414. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Pauline E. Meekins, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 29845, 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 Pauline E. Meekins, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Pauline E. Meekins, MD had 236 Medicare Part D claims for 190 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.