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Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter, MD
NPI1902868961PAC ID1759366214
- Medicare services, 2024
- 26,198
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 608
- Part D claims, 2024
- 26,878
- Publications
- 14
- Clinical trials
- 1
- Practice address
- 332 Hwy 12 W, Kosciusko, MS 39090-3209
- Practice phone
- Call (662) 289-1800
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Kosciusko Medical Clinic
Primary care practice · Kosciusko, Mississippi
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Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter is a family medicine physician in Kosciusko, Mississippi
Dr. Carter practices at Kosciusko Medical Clinic in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
Dr. Carter's NPI, 1902868961, was assigned on April 5, 2006. Dr. Carter graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Carter holds Mississippi license 18204.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1902868961NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1759366214
- NPI enumeration date
- April 5, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (662) 289-1800
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 51
- Medical school graduation
- 2001
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter practices at Kosciusko Medical Clinic in Kosciusko, Mississippi
Dr. Carter's primary practice is Kosciusko Medical Clinic, at 332 Hwy 12 W, Kosciusko, MS 39090-3209. The practice phone is (662) 289-1800.
- Kosciusko Medical Clinic332 Hwy 12 W, Kosciusko, MS 39090-3209Phone(662) 289-1800
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Carter's primary practice is Kosciusko Medical Clinic in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Dr. Carter is also affiliated with Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala. The medical group on file is Kosciusko Medical Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Carter to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies, 2 medical groups, 1 hospice and 1 skilled nursing facility, each named with a free account.
Kosciusko Medical ClinicPrimary
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Carter practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Kosciusko Medical Clinic | Available with a free account |
| +8 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter is one of 954 family medicine physicians in Mississippi
Family medicine is Dr. Carter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dr. Carter is licensed in Mississippi.
Specialties and state licenses
- Family medicine, MississippiPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter billed Medicare for 26,198 services in 2024
CMS data shows 26,198 Medicare services from Dr. Carter across 55 procedure codes in 2024, for 608 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $456,015 for them.
Medicare services, 202426,198
Medicare patients608
Paid by Medicare$456,015
Procedure codes55
Dr. Carter's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 3,8242024: 8,942134%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 8,6902024: 8,4792%
- Other services
- 2023: 3,3622024: 4,14723%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2,2022024: 2,2743%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1,6382024: 1,640No change
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 5922024: 5438%
- Imaging
- 2023: 1702024: 1732%
Where Dr. Carter's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office25,62398%
- In a facility5752%
Dr. Carter compared with the Mississippi median for family medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Carter
- Mississippi median
- Medicare services
- 26,198vs 80032.7 times
- Medicare patients
- 608vs 2552.4 times
- Part D claims
- 26,154vs 1,79214.6 times
Medians across 967 family medicine physicians in Mississippi with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Carter's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter treated 608 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 608 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Carter in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 242 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 19% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.42, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Carter's median patient age at 72, with 62% women.
Medicare patients, 2024608
Average age75
Average risk score1.42
Also on Medicaid19%
Dr. Carter's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Carter's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women35158%
- Men25742%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Carter's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis47%
- Anxiety43%
- Diabetes40%
- Mood disorders37%
- Depression36%
- Chronic kidney disease33%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Carter's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women62%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter wrote 26,878 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Carter wrote 26,878 Medicare Part D claims for 781 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 26,154 of them, across 221 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,268,115 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 25,687 claims across 232 drugs.
Part D claims, 202426,878
Drugs named by CMS221
Total drug cost$1.3M
Part D patients781
Dr. Carter's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic24,150 claims90%
- Brand-name2,683 claims10%
- Other45 claims0%
Dr. Carter's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Carter's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids1%338 of 26,878 claims
- Antibiotics3%729 of 26,878 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%191 of 26,878 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 25,6872024: 26,1542%
Drugs named by CMS: 221 in 2024, 232 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter ranks in the 70th percentile for removal of skin lesions in Medicare
Dr. Carter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 38 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Carter, more than 70% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Carter ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin lesions
- 70th percentile38 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter has 14 publications on record
Dmand AI links 14 papers to Dr. Carter, published from 2021 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Medicaid, COVID-19 and Health Services Accessibility. Dr. Carter's most frequent co-authors are Andrew P. Loehrer, MD, Michael Shawn Englehart and Lily Jayne Catherine Greene, MD.
Papers14
Years published2021 to 2025
Dr. Carter's papers by year, 2021 to 2025
Topics Dr. Carter writes about most
- Medicaid
- COVID-19
- Health Services Accessibility
- Neighborhood Characteristics
- Racism
- Residence Characteristics
- SARS-CoV-2
- Socioeconomic Factors
Dr. Carter's most frequent co-authors
- Andrew P. Loehrer, MD4 shared papers
- Michael Shawn Englehart2 shared papers
- Lily Jayne Catherine Greene, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Carter
CaliforniaCOVID-19COVID-19 Vaccines
J Urban Health
Health Status DisparitiesNeighborhood CharacteristicsRacism
Breast NeoplasmsColorectal NeoplasmsHealthcare Disparities
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter has worked on 1 clinical trial
Dmand AI links Dr. Carter to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Sleep Deprivation and Suicidal Ideation.
Conditions in Dr. Carter's trials
- Sleep Deprivation
- Suicidal Ideation
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Carter
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Carter
Sleep DeprivationSuicidal Ideation
Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter received $10,600 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 915 general payments to Dr. Carter from 39 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $1,959.
General payments to Dr. Carter by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Carter by kind, 2016 to 2025
$10.6Kin total
- Food and beverage$10,595100%
- Education$50%
Companies that paid Dr. Carter the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Dr. Carter graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2001.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | Dmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter's NPI number?
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter's NPI number is 1902868961. It was assigned on April 5, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter?
Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter is a family medicine physician in Kosciusko, Mississippi. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).
Where does Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter practice?
Dr. Carter practices at 332 Hwy 12 W, Kosciusko, MS 39090-3209. Dr. Carter's primary practice is Kosciusko Medical Clinic in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Dmand AI also links Dr. Carter to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies, 2 medical groups, 1 hospice and 1 skilled nursing facility.
What is Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Carter is (662) 289-1800.
What is Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter's medical license number?
Dr. Carter holds Mississippi license 18204.
Which hospitals is Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter affiliated with?
Dr. Carter is affiliated with Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala. Dmand AI links Dr. Carter to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter part of?
Dr. Carter is linked to Kosciusko Medical Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Carter to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Carter billed Medicare for 26,198 services in 2024, and Dr. Carter accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter see?
CMS counts 608 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Carter in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Carter's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), injected or infused drug (J0897) and medicare temporary code (Q9967).
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Where did Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter go to medical school?
Dr. Carter graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2001.
What drugs does Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Carter's most prescribed drugs by claims were Losartan Potassium, Amlodipine Besylate and Levothyroxine Sodium.
Has Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $10,600 in general payments to Dr. Carter from 39 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
How long has Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter been practicing?
Dr. Carter graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.
Does Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter do research?
Dmand AI links 14 publications to Dr. Carter, published from 2021 to 2025. Dr. Carter has worked on 1 clinical trial.
Who does Dr. Benjamin Thomas Carter publish with?
Dr. Carter's most frequent co-authors are Andrew P. Loehrer, MD (4 shared papers), Michael Shawn Englehart (2 shared papers) and Lily Jayne Catherine Greene, MD (1 shared paper).
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