Richard Ernest Mills, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Mt Pleasant, SC
Richard Ernest Mills, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Mt Pleasant, South Carolina, and NPI 1518919828, issued on May 16, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina SC12886, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Ernest Mills
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- SC12886 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 180 Wingo Way, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
- Phone
- (843) 884-1777
- Enumerated
- May 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 17, 2024
- Medicaid ID
- 128864 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090603000380); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine, 1985
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Ernest Mills in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license SC12886Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,046 Medicare Part D claims for 574 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 569 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium312 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium273 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate261 claims
- Omeprazole252 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl190 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen183 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: $2,409.14
123 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer 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 one group practice
- Roper Saint Francis Physicians NetworkMount Pleasant, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Ernest Mills among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Richard Ernest Mills, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South 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 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 46% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
17 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Mt Pleasant
They are 17 of the 1,043 NPPES records with a practice address in Mt Pleasant, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Richard Ernest Mills, MD's NPI number?
Richard Ernest Mills, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518919828, issued on May 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Ernest Mills, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 180 Wingo Way, Mt Pleasant, SC, 29464. Phone: (843) 884-1777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Ernest Mills, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number SC12886, 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 Richard Ernest Mills, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Ernest Mills, MD had 7,046 Medicare Part D claims for 574 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.