Peter Thomas Fortkort, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Lumberton, NC
Peter Thomas Fortkort, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lumberton, North Carolina, and NPI 1649362138, issued on Sep 29, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9500577, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Peter Thomas Fortkort
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 9500577 NC
95-00577 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 300 W 27TH St, Lumberton, NC 28358
- Phone
- (910) 671-5220
- Enumerated
- Sep 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 22, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (910) 272-1437
- Medicaid IDs
- 5300138 NC
N00579 SC
1649362138 NC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050222000908); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Georgetown University School Of Medicine, 1991
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Peter Thomas Fortkort in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9500577Check 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 internal medicine physician in 2024
201 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium11 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: $30.52
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Mcleod Regional Medical Center OF The Pee Dee IncFlorence, SC
- Robeson Hospitalist Group PLLCLumberton, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Peter Thomas Fortkort among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Peter Thomas Fortkort, 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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).
37 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lumberton
They are 37 of the 1,071 NPPES records with a practice address in Lumberton, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Peter Thomas Fortkort, MD's NPI number?
Peter Thomas Fortkort, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649362138, issued on Sep 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Peter Thomas Fortkort, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 300 W 27TH St, Lumberton, NC, 28358. Phone: (910) 671-5220. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Peter Thomas Fortkort, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9500577, 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 Peter Thomas Fortkort, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Peter Thomas Fortkort, MD had 201 Medicare Part D claims for 64 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.