NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Robert Clayton Paterson, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Greensboro, NC

Robert Clayton Paterson, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Greensboro, North Carolina, and NPI 1104452184, issued on Mar 21, 2020. Check the license (North Carolina 2023-00957, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1104452184
Name
Robert Clayton Paterson
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
2023-00957 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1200 N Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone
(336) 832-7000
Enumerated
Mar 21, 2020
Record last updated
Aug 6, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230713002097); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 2020
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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Also registered at 1200 N Elm St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Caroline Aberman, PA-CPhysician Assistant1477180123
  2. Elizabeth Agnew, D.O.Internal Medicine Physician1043433840
  3. Gabrielle AielloFamily Medicine Physician1295475200
  4. Olakunle Akintemi, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1609834175
  5. Vijaya Akula, M.D.,Internal Medicine Physician1407132228
  6. Christina Albert, MDFamily Medicine Physician1003377870

Verify Robert Clayton Paterson in five checks

  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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2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

492 Medicare Part D claims for 308 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 58 claims were for opioids.

  1. Robert Paterson492
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Oxycodone Hcl43 claims
  2. Cephalexin36 claims
  3. Ondansetron Odt35 claims
  4. Doxycycline Hyclate27 claims
  5. Prednisone24 claims
  6. Amlodipine Besylate23 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: $24.68

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Robert Paterson$24.68
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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. Wake Forest Emergency ProvidersGreensboro, NC

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

Robert Clayton Paterson among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina

Robert Clayton Paterson, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North 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 2020, is newer than 87% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 87% of these records are older, 10% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Anthony Allen, MDGreensboro, NC 274011609828987
  2. Robert Beaton Jr., MDGreensboro, NC 274011871557850
  3. Brian Cook, MDGreensboro, NC 274011730144536
  4. Douglas Delo, MDGreensboro, NC 274011376596973
  5. Pauline Hixson, MDGreensboro, NC 274011083665228
  6. Sam Jacubowitz, MDGreensboro, NC 274011720043508
  7. Iva Knapp, MDGreensboro, NC 274011962467167
  8. Jon Knapp, MDGreensboro, NC 274011871558072

Common questions

What is Robert Clayton Paterson, MD's NPI number?

Robert Clayton Paterson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104452184, issued on Mar 21, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Robert Clayton Paterson, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 N Elm St, Greensboro, NC, 27401. Phone: (336) 832-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Robert Clayton Paterson, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2023-00957, 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 Clayton Paterson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Robert Clayton Paterson, MD had 492 Medicare Part D claims for 308 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.