Richard McBee Stewart, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Highlands, NC
Richard McBee Stewart, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Highlands, North Carolina, and NPI 1952463523, issued on Dec 13, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2010-00863, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard McBee Stewart
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 2010-00863 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 209 Hospital Dr, Highlands, NC 28741
- Phone
- (828) 526-5012
- Enumerated
- Dec 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 11, 2022
- Fax
- (828) 526-9128
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100708000285); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1976
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 209 Hospital Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard McBee Stewart in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2010-00863Check 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 hospitalist physician in 2024
1,151 Medicare Part D claims for 229 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis122 claims
- Cefdinir52 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium45 claims
- Carvedilol36 claims
- Prednisone34 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl32 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: $120.38
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Hospital Physician Services - Southeast Professional CorporationAsheville, NC
- Southeastern Medical Group PCFranklin, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
1 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Highlands
They are 1 of the 47 NPPES records with a practice address in Highlands, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Richard McBee Stewart, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard McBee Stewart, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1952463523, issued on Dec 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard McBee Stewart, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 209 Hospital Dr, Highlands, NC, 28741. Phone: (828) 526-5012. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard McBee Stewart, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2010-00863, 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 Richard McBee Stewart, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard McBee Stewart, M.D. had 1,151 Medicare Part D claims for 229 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.