Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Wilmington, NC
Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1033613443, issued on Mar 20, 2018. Check the license (North Carolina 2023-01173, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 2023-01173 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2523 Delaney Ave, Wilmington, NC 28403
- Phone
- (910) 763-5522
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jun 23, 2023
- Fax
- (910) 763-0413
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230901002014); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Louisville School Of Medicine, 2020
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2023-01173Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,377 Medicare Part D claims for 358 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium303 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate127 claims
- Lisinopril100 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium80 claims
- Losartan Potassium70 claims
- Ezetimibe59 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: $279.43
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
121 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Wilmington
They are 121 of the 6,526 NPPES records with a practice address in Wilmington, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell, MD's NPI number?
Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033613443, issued on Mar 20, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2523 Delaney Ave, Wilmington, NC, 28403. Phone: (910) 763-5522. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2023-01173, 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 Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert Nicholas Knear-Bell, MD had 2,377 Medicare Part D claims for 358 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.