NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Phyllis Armstead Baez, M.D.

Psychiatry Physician · Clinton, NC

Phyllis Armstead Baez, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Clinton, North Carolina, and NPI 1871659342, issued on Dec 29, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 009900755, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1871659342
Name
Phyllis Armstead Baez
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
009900755 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
417 Vance St, Clinton, NC 28328
Phone
(910) 567-6194
Enumerated
Dec 29, 2006
Record last updated
May 25, 2022
Medicaid IDs
89130RR NC
327877 SC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20080530000015); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Hahneman Medical College Of The Pacific, 1992
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024

288 Medicare Part D claims for 52 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.

  1. Phyllis Armstead Baez288
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Alprazolam29 claims
  2. Buspirone Hcl23 claims
  3. Lorazepam21 claims
  4. Duloxetine Hcl19 claims
  5. Clonazepam18 claims
  6. Fluoxetine 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: $63.56

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Indivior Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Phyllis Armstead Baez$63.56
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

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

  1. Carolina Therapeutic Services IncHickory, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Phyllis Armstead Baez among 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina

Phyllis Armstead Baez, M.D. is one of 1,725 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 69% 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 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 57% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
  • Graduated1992 · median 2006 among the 744 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Psychiatry Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 1,725 psychiatry physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Winston Jennings, M.D.Clinton, NC 283281043243686
  2. Susan Myers, M.D.Aberdeen, NC 283151225118870
  3. Nerva Augustin, MDFayetteville, NC 283141740255041
  4. Fritz Paul, MDFayetteville, NC 283141346278033
  5. Chioma Ekechukwu, MDHamlet, NC 283451376650275
  6. Anson Nguyen, M.D.Hamlet, NC 283451194992479
  7. Caroline Ahlers-Burge, M.D.Fort Bragg, NC 283101073765822
  8. Gustavo Cadavid, D.OFort Bragg, NC 283101952546293

Common questions

What is Phyllis Armstead Baez, M.D.'s NPI number?

Phyllis Armstead Baez, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871659342, issued on Dec 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Phyllis Armstead Baez, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 417 Vance St, Clinton, NC, 28328. Phone: (910) 567-6194. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Phyllis Armstead Baez, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 009900755, 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 Phyllis Armstead Baez, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Phyllis Armstead Baez, M.D. had 288 Medicare Part D claims for 52 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.