Richard B. Carter, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Jefferson City, TN
Richard B. Carter, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and NPI 1508065269, issued on Jul 13, 2007. Check the license (Tennessee 42180, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard B. Carter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 42180 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 120 Hospital Dr, Jefferson City, TN 37760
- Phone
- (865) 475-4742
- Enumerated
- Jul 13, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 27, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 262-0100
- Medicaid ID
- 37066301 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071001000861); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 2003
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard B. Carter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 42180Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
13,746 Medicare Part D claims for 717 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 443 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium509 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium401 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium374 claims
- Lisinopril372 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate363 claims
- Alprazolam325 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: $373.18
22 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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 3 group practices
- Champion Physical Therapy LLC HallsWhite Pine, TN
- Summit Medical Group, PLLCKnoxville, TN
- Volunteer Healthcare Services, Inc.Morristown, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard B. Carter among 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee
Richard B. Carter, MD is one of 2,596 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% 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 54% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 54% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2003 among the 1,705 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 56% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Jefferson City
They are 11 of the 245 NPPES records with a practice address in Jefferson City, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Richard B. Carter, MD's NPI number?
Richard B. Carter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508065269, issued on Jul 13, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard B. Carter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 120 Hospital Dr, Jefferson City, TN, 37760. Phone: (865) 475-4742. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard B. Carter, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 42180, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard B. Carter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard B. Carter, MD had 13,746 Medicare Part D claims for 717 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.