Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey, NP

  • Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Dermatologist
NPI1124556584PAC ID6305110396
Medicare services, 2024
12,020
Medicare patients, 2024
2,058
Part D claims, 2024
1,428
MIPS score, 2024
90
Industry payments
$16,249
Practice address
917 Medical Cir, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
Practice phone
Call (843) 449-0453
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Primary practice

Waccamaw Dermatology

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey is a dermatologist in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Misty Polston Whipkey practices at Waccamaw Dermatology in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Misty Polston Whipkey's NPI, 1124556584, was assigned on May 30, 2017. Misty Polston Whipkey holds South Carolina license 21023.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6305110396
NPI enumeration date
May 30, 2017
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(843) 449-0453
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
35
Medical school graduation
2017

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey practices at Waccamaw Dermatology in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Misty Polston Whipkey's primary practice is Waccamaw Dermatology, at 917 Medical Cir, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 in Horry County. The practice phone is (843) 449-0453.

  • Waccamaw Dermatology
    917 Medical Cir, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 · Horry CountyPhone(843) 449-0453

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Misty Polston Whipkey's primary practice is Waccamaw Dermatology in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The medical group on file is Waccamaw Dermatology. Dmand AI also links Misty Polston Whipkey to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Misty Polston Whipkey practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Waccamaw DermatologyAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey is one of 161 dermatologists in South Carolina

Dermatology is Misty Polston Whipkey's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Misty Polston Whipkey is licensed in South Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Dermatology, South CarolinaPrimaryLicense 21023 · taxonomy 207N00000X

Dermatologists near Misty Polston Whipkey

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey billed Medicare for 12,020 services in 2024

CMS data shows 12,020 Medicare services from Misty Polston Whipkey across 27 procedure codes in 2024, for 2,058 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $367,439 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202412,020
Medicare patients2,058
Paid by Medicare$367,439
Procedure codes27

Misty Polston Whipkey's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 11,2562024: 8,78022%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3,4352024: 2,85217%
Other services
2023: 02024: 149
Tests and treatments
2023: 1552024: 12122%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 2,9522024: 11896%

Misty Polston Whipkey compared with the South Carolina median for dermatologists, 2024

  • Misty Polston Whipkey
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
12,020vs 3,9913.0 times
Medicare patients
2,058vs 1,0042.0 times
Part D claims
1,209vs 61098% above

Medians across 157 dermatologists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Misty Polston Whipkey'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

Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey treated 2,058 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 2,058 Medicare patients who saw Misty Polston Whipkey in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 1,027 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. 1% 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 Misty Polston Whipkey's median patient age at 72, with 57% women.

Medicare patients, 20242,058
Average age75
Average risk score0.89
Also on Medicaid1%

Misty Polston Whipkey's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Misty Polston Whipkey's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women1,14456%
  • Men91444%

Chronic conditions among Misty Polston Whipkey's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure73%
  3. Arthritis49%
  4. Diabetes22%
  5. Ischemic heart disease21%
  6. Anxiety19%
  7. Chronic kidney disease18%
  8. Atrial fibrillation16%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Misty Polston Whipkey's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women57%
  • Men42%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey wrote 1,428 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Misty Polston Whipkey wrote 1,428 Medicare Part D claims for 549 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,209 of them, across 26 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $699,401 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,268 claims across 26 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,428
Drugs named by CMS26
Total drug cost$699,401
Part D patients549

Misty Polston Whipkey's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,171 claims82%
  • Brand-name257 claims18%

Misty Polston Whipkey'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 Misty Polston Whipkey's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics8%108 of 1,428 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: 1,2682024: 1,2095%

Drugs named by CMS: 26 in 2024, 26 in 2023.

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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

Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Misty Polston Whipkey for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Misty Polston Whipkey accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Misty Polston Whipkey's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 67of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey received $16,249 in industry payments from 2021 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 661 general payments to Misty Polston Whipkey from 31 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $2,642.

General payments to Misty Polston Whipkey by program year, 2021 to 2025

General payments to Misty Polston Whipkey by kind, 2021 to 2025

$16.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$15,19894%
  • Education$1,0516%

Companies that paid Misty Polston Whipkey the most, 2021 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey's NPI number?

Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey's NPI number is 1124556584. It was assigned on May 30, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey specialize in?

Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey is a dermatologist in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).

Where does Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey practice?

Misty Polston Whipkey practices at 917 Medical Cir, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572. Misty Polston Whipkey's primary practice is Waccamaw Dermatology in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Misty Polston Whipkey to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Misty Polston Whipkey is (843) 449-0453.

What is Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey's medical license number?

Misty Polston Whipkey holds South Carolina license 21023.

What medical group is Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey part of?

Misty Polston Whipkey is linked to Waccamaw Dermatology.

Does Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Misty Polston Whipkey billed Medicare for 12,020 services in 2024, and Misty Polston Whipkey accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey's MIPS score?

Misty Polston Whipkey's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey see?

CMS counts 2,058 Medicare patients who saw Misty Polston Whipkey in 2024, with an average age of 75.

What services does Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Misty Polston Whipkey's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000).

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What drugs does Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Misty Polston Whipkey's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ketoconazole, Clobetasol Propionate and Doxycycline Hyclate.

Has Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $16,249 in general payments to Misty Polston Whipkey from 31 companies from 2021 to 2025. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Misty Danelle Polston Whipkey been practicing?

Misty Polston Whipkey graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.

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