Stuart Wilder Couch, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Stuart Wilder Couch, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1427541523, issued on Jun 13, 2018. Check the license (South Carolina LL52638, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stuart Wilder Couch
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- LL52638 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Emergency Medicine Department, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803) 434-7088
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jun 13, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (803) 434-3946
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211217001471); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Stuart Wilder Couch in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license LL52638Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
240 Medicare Part D claims for 172 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 41 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen24 claims
- Ondansetron Odt22 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass16 claims
- Cephalexin15 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro12 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Raleigh Emergency Medicine Associates IncRaleigh, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stuart Wilder Couch among 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina
Stuart Wilder Couch, 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 2018, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 70% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2012 among the 752 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 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.
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Common questions
What is Stuart Wilder Couch, MD's NPI number?
Stuart Wilder Couch, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427541523, issued on Jun 13, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stuart Wilder Couch, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Emergency Medicine Department, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 434-7088. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Stuart Wilder Couch, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number LL52638, 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.
How much does Stuart Wilder Couch, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Stuart Wilder Couch, MD had 240 Medicare Part D claims for 172 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.