NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Stephen Lee Shelton, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC

Stephen Lee Shelton, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1649241316, issued on Jan 30, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 16073, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1649241316
Name
Stephen Lee Shelton
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
16073 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
14 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 410, Columbia, SC 29203
Phone
(803) 434-3906
Enumerated
Jan 30, 2006
Record last updated
Dec 20, 2023
Fax
(803) 434-4614
Medicaid ID
160738 SC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050223000154); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina University, 1991
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 14 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 410

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

  1. James Littles, MDRadiation Oncology Physician1295763969
  2. Hannah Lund, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1952125437
  3. Mary Matzko, NURSE PRACTITIONERAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1417388141
  4. Darren Mullins, M.D.Medical Oncology Physician1134189814
  5. Megan Tran, PHARMDPharmacist1376342337

Verify Stephen Lee Shelton in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
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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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 99.3 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score90.6
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Prisma Health Medical Group-MidlandsColumbia, SC

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

Stephen Lee Shelton among 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina

Stephen Lee Shelton, MD is one of 1,244 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in South 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 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 65% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated1991 · median 2012 among the 752 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 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 207P00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

219 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia

They are 219 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Francis Clarkson, M.DColumbia, SC 292031639168180
  2. Thomas Cook, MDColumbia, SC 292031598736282
  3. David Ford, MDColumbia, SC 292031528039385
  4. William Gerard, MDColumbia, SC 292031326019191
  5. Gary Hals, MDColumbia, SC 292031780655456
  6. Patrick Hunt, MDColumbia, SC 292031265403026
  7. Terrance McHugh, MDColumbia, SC 292031598736340
  8. Daniel Noltkamper, MDColumbia, SC 292031942292115

Common questions

What is Stephen Lee Shelton, MD's NPI number?

Stephen Lee Shelton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649241316, issued on Jan 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Stephen Lee Shelton, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 14 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 410, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 434-3906. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Stephen Lee Shelton, MD's license?

NPPES lists South Carolina license number 16073, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

What is Stephen Lee Shelton, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.3 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.