Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,378
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 632
- Part D claims, 2024
- 12,214
- MIPS score, 2024
- 97
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 4923 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959
- Practice phone
- Call (252) 449-4500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Nags Head
Urgent Care Center · Nags Head, North Carolina
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Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf is an internist in Nags Head, North Carolina
Dr. Metcalf practices at Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Nags Head in Nags Head, North Carolina.
Dr. Metcalf's NPI, 1720081128, was assigned on May 31, 2005. Dr. Metcalf holds North Carolina license 9900948.
- NPI
- 1720081128NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1052302544
- NPI enumeration date
- May 31, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (252) 449-4500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 56
- Medical school graduation
- 1996
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf practices at Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Nags Head in Nags Head, North Carolina
Dr. Metcalf's primary practice is Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Nags Head, at 4923 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959. The practice phone is (252) 449-4500.
- Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Nags Head4923 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959Phone(252) 449-4500
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Metcalf's primary practice is Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Nags Head in Nags Head, North Carolina. Dr. Metcalf is also affiliated with Outer Banks Health Hospital. The medical group on file is Outer Banks Health Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Metcalf to 4 more hospitals, 3 home health agencies, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Metcalf's employer is on file too: an urgent care center.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Metcalf practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Nags Head | Available with a free account |
| +9 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf is one of 3,705 internists in North Carolina
Internal medicine is Dr. Metcalf's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Metcalf is licensed in North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, North CarolinaPrimary
Internists near Dr. Metcalf
Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf billed Medicare for 2,378 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,378 Medicare services from Dr. Metcalf across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 632 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $189,640 for them.
Dr. Metcalf's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,5882024: 1,6655%
- Other services
- 2023: 3472024: 41820%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 2672024: 15044%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 882024: 809%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 02024: 48
- Surgery
- 2023: 02024: 17
Where Dr. Metcalf's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2,36599%
- In a facility131%
Dr. Metcalf compared with the North Carolina median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Metcalf
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 2,378vs 5214.6 times
- Medicare patients
- 632vs 1853.4 times
- Part D claims
- 11,343vs 27241.7 times
Medians across 3,695 internists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Metcalf'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. Vern Arthur Metcalf treated 632 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 632 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Metcalf in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 276 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.89, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Metcalf's median patient age at 75, with 52% women.
Dr. Metcalf's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Metcalf's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women30949%
- Men32351%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Metcalf's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis42%
- Diabetes22%
- Ischemic heart disease19%
- Atrial fibrillation17%
- Cancer17%
- Anxiety16%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Metcalf's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 75
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women52%
- Men48%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf wrote 12,214 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Metcalf wrote 12,214 Medicare Part D claims for 657 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11,343 of them, across 153 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $772,636 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 10,218 claims across 145 drugs.
Dr. Metcalf's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic10,995 claims90%
- Brand-name1,191 claims10%
- Other28 claims0%
Dr. Metcalf'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. Metcalf's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids3%352 of 12,214 claims
- Antibiotics2%191 of 12,214 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%19 of 12,214 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: 10,2182024: 11,34311%
Drugs named by CMS: 153 in 2024, 145 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. Vern Arthur Metcalf scored 97 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Metcalf for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Metcalf accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Metcalf's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 97of 100Final score
- 82.4of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf received $2,243 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 167 general payments to Dr. Metcalf from 24 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $342.
General payments to Dr. Metcalf by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Metcalf by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$2,21699%
- Education$271%
Companies that paid Dr. Metcalf the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf's NPI number?
Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf's NPI number is 1720081128. It was assigned on May 31, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf?
Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf is an internist in Nags Head, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf practice?
Dr. Metcalf practices at 4923 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959. Dr. Metcalf's primary practice is Outer Banks Health Urgent Care - Nags Head in Nags Head, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Metcalf to 4 hospitals, 3 home health agencies, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Metcalf is (252) 449-4500.
What is Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf's medical license number?
Dr. Metcalf holds North Carolina license 9900948.
Which hospitals is Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf affiliated with?
Dr. Metcalf is affiliated with Outer Banks Health Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Metcalf to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf part of?
Dr. Metcalf is linked to Outer Banks Health Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Metcalf to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Metcalf billed Medicare for 2,378 services in 2024, and Dr. Metcalf accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf's MIPS score?
Dr. Metcalf's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 97 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf see?
CMS counts 632 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Metcalf in 2024, with an average age of 76.
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What services does Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Metcalf's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), medicare service (G0439) and office visit, established patient (99213).
What drugs does Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Metcalf's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Levothyroxine Sodium and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,243 in general payments to Dr. Metcalf from 24 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
How long has Dr. Vern Arthur Metcalf been practicing?
Dr. Metcalf graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
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