NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Scott Thomas Goldston, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Winston Salem, NC

Scott Thomas Goldston, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1861782054, issued on Apr 9, 2011. Check the license (North Carolina 2014-01034, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1861782054
Name
Scott Thomas Goldston
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
2014-01034 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157
Phone
(336) 716-2011
Enumerated
Apr 9, 2011
Record last updated
Aug 5, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20141014002237); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
West Virginia University School Of Medicine, 2011
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 Medical Center Blvd

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

  1. Franco Abad, PAPhysician Assistant1154017440
  2. Mohammed Abdulhaleem, MDHospitalist Physician1023472693
  3. Firas Abdulmajeed, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1427358043
  4. Nuhad Abou Zeid, MDNeurology Physician1144427766
  5. Rachel AbrahamStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1790451987
  6. Jon Abramson, MDPediatric Infectious Diseases Physician1033194691

Verify Scott Thomas Goldston 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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13% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

197 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 26 claims were for opioids.

  1. Scott Goldston197
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen19 claims
  2. Prednisone15 claims
  3. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass13 claims
  4. Cephalexin13 claims
  5. Ondansetron Odt11 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $36.98

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Purdue Pharma L.P. 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. Scott Goldston$36.98
  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).

Scott Thomas Goldston among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina

Scott Thomas Goldston, 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 2011, is newer than 58% of them.

  • NPI issued2011 · 58% of these records are older, 39% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2011 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 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).

174 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem

They are 174 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Howard Blumstein, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571801870209
  2. David Cline, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571811970510
  3. Michael Fitch, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571215911615
  4. Mark Hess, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571124003082
  5. James Hoekstra, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571255315651
  6. Ralph Leonard, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571104800598
  7. David Manthey, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571285618686
  8. Henderson McGinnis, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571174508030

Common questions

What is Scott Thomas Goldston, MD's NPI number?

Scott Thomas Goldston, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861782054, issued on Apr 9, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Scott Thomas Goldston, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (336) 716-2011. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Scott Thomas Goldston, MD's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2014-01034, 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 Scott Thomas Goldston, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Scott Thomas Goldston, MD had 197 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Scott Thomas Goldston, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.