Stephen Folger Grinton, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Shelby, NC
Stephen Folger Grinton, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Shelby, North Carolina, and NPI 1962590166, issued on Oct 11, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200400342, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stephen Folger Grinton
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 200400342 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1010 E Dixon Blvd, Shelby, NC 28152
- Phone
- (980) 487-2700
- Enumerated
- Oct 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040624001303); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest pulmonary disease physician records → All 429 in North Carolina → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 1010 E Dixon Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Cynthia Bohacek, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1780107367
- Amber Brown, PAMedical Physician Assistant1801122304
- Ryan Chaney, PAPhysician Assistant1154951077
- Michael Dearment, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1770671950
- Melissa Goldstein, PAPhysician Assistant1427489327
- Casey Hankins, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1174958037
Verify Stephen Folger Grinton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 200400342Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
53% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
671 Medicare Part D claims for 123 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 59% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta124 claims
- Prednisone64 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa48 claims
- Breo Ellipta41 claims
- Symbicort38 claims
- Fluticasone-Salmeterol30 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $71.72
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Carolinas Physicians Network IncCharlotte, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stephen Folger Grinton among 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina
Stephen Folger Grinton, MD is one of 429 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 84% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2001 among the 333 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina.
All 429 in North Carolina → Every provider in Shelby → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Michael Dearment, MDShelby, NC 281521770671950
- Gina Merritt, DOShelby, NC 281521740403468
- Gideon Besson, MDShelby, NC 281501164415584
- Barry Coalson, MDShelby, NC 281501275526683
- Zeeshan Ahmad, MDSalisbury, NC 281441235392994
- Nilesh Patel, M.D.Salisbury, NC 281441053397562
- Stephen Proctor, MDSalisbury, NC 281441780769885
- M Yousuf Siddiqui, M.D.Salisbury, NC 281441205898087
Common questions
What is Stephen Folger Grinton, MD's NPI number?
Stephen Folger Grinton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962590166, issued on Oct 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stephen Folger Grinton, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1010 E Dixon Blvd, Shelby, NC, 28152. Phone: (980) 487-2700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Stephen Folger Grinton, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200400342, 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 Stephen Folger Grinton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Stephen Folger Grinton, MD had 671 Medicare Part D claims for 123 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Stephen Folger Grinton, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.4 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.