Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday, MD

  • Inman, SC
  • Family medicine physician
NPI1922369123PAC ID2860613098
Medicare services, 2024
3,067
Medicare patients, 2024
279
Part D claims, 2024
12,209
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
95
Practice address
12230 Asheville Hwy, Inman, SC 29349-1845
Practice phone
Call (864) 472-2144
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Primary practice

Medical Group Of The Carolinas - Family Medicine - Inman

Primary care practice · Inman, South Carolina

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Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday is a family medicine physician in Inman, South Carolina

Dr. Friday practices at Medical Group Of The Carolinas - Family Medicine - Inman in Inman, South Carolina.

Dr. Friday's NPI, 1922369123, was assigned on June 4, 2012. Dr. Friday graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2012. Dr. Friday holds South Carolina license 52700.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2860613098
NPI enumeration date
June 4, 2012
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(864) 472-2144
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
40
Medical school graduation
2012

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

Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday practices at Medical Group of the Carolinas - Family Medicine - Inman in Inman, South Carolina

Dr. Friday's primary practice is Medical Group of the Carolinas - Family Medicine - Inman, at 12230 Asheville Hwy, Inman, SC 29349-1845. The practice phone is (864) 472-2144.

  • Medical Group of the Carolinas - Family Medicine - Inman
    12230 Asheville Hwy, Inman, SC 29349-1845Phone(864) 472-2144

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Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Friday's primary practice is Medical Group Of The Carolinas - Family Medicine - Inman in Inman, South Carolina. Dr. Friday is also affiliated with Spartanburg Medical Center. The medical group on file is Medical Group of the Carolinas - Family Medicine - Converse Heights. Dmand AI also links Dr. Friday to 1 more hospital, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Friday practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Medical Group Of The Carolinas - Family Medicine - InmanAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday is one of 2,356 family medicine physicians in South Carolina

Family medicine is Dr. Friday's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Friday's licenses on file in 2 states: South Carolina and Virginia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Family medicine, South CarolinaPrimaryLicense 52700 · taxonomy 207Q00000X
  • Virginia licenseLicense 0101255469

Family medicine physicians near Dr. Friday

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2,356family medicine physicians in South Carolina
3family medicine physicians in Inman

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

Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday billed Medicare for 3,067 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,067 Medicare services from Dr. Friday across 24 procedure codes in 2024, for 279 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $115,789 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20243,067
Medicare patients279
Paid by Medicare$115,789
Procedure codes24

Dr. Friday's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8192024: 7765%
Lab and pathology
2023: 6122024: 69714%
Other services
2023: 2822024: 659134%
Surgery
2023: 5472024: 4989%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 3812024: 26929%
Imaging
2023: 722024: 9025%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1562024: 7850%

Dr. Friday compared with the South Carolina median for family medicine physicians, 2024

  • Dr. Friday
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
3,067vs 7444.1 times
Medicare patients
279vs 23220% above
Part D claims
11,427vs 1,02311.2 times

Medians across 2,295 family medicine physicians in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Friday'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 Scott Friday treated 279 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 279 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Friday in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 145 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 64% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.04, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Friday's median patient age at 69, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024279
Average age73
Average risk score1.04
Also on Medicaid6%

Dr. Friday's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Friday's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women14652%
  • Men13348%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Friday's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol64%
  3. Arthritis43%
  4. Diabetes29%
  5. Chronic kidney disease28%
  6. Anxiety23%
  7. Mood disorders23%
  8. Depression21%

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

Dr. Friday's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men52%

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

Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday wrote 12,209 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Friday wrote 12,209 Medicare Part D claims for 711 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11,427 of them, across 154 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $896,142 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 11,384 claims across 160 drugs.

Part D claims, 202412,209
Drugs named by CMS154
Total drug cost$896,142
Part D patients711

Dr. Friday's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic10,757 claims88%
  • Brand-name1,395 claims11%
  • Other57 claims0%

Dr. Friday'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. Friday's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids3%396 of 12,209 claims
  • Antibiotics3%380 of 12,209 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%26 of 12,209 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: 11,3842024: 11,427No change

Drugs named by CMS: 154 in 2024, 160 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

Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Friday for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Friday accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Friday as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Friday's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 95of 100Final score
  • 89.4of 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 or shaving of skin growth: 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. Benjamin Scott Friday has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Friday. Dr. Friday's most frequent co-author is Melanie B. Thomas, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Friday's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Friday

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Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday received $3,507 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 211 general payments to Dr. Friday from 26 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $559.

General payments to Dr. Friday by program year, 2018 to 2025

Companies that paid Dr. Friday the most, 2018 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

Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Dr. Friday graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2012.

  1. Medical schoolMedical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

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Sources for Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday's NPI number?

Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday's NPI number is 1922369123. It was assigned on June 4, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday?

Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday is a family medicine physician in Inman, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).

Where does Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday practice?

Dr. Friday practices at 12230 Asheville Hwy, Inman, SC 29349-1845. Dr. Friday's primary practice is Medical Group Of The Carolinas - Family Medicine - Inman in Inman, South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Friday to 1 hospital, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Friday is (864) 472-2144.

What is Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday's medical license number?

Dr. Friday holds South Carolina license 52700, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Friday in South Carolina and Virginia.

Which hospitals is Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday affiliated with?

Dr. Friday is affiliated with Spartanburg Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Friday to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday part of?

Dr. Friday is linked to Medical Group of the Carolinas - Family Medicine - Converse Heights. Dmand AI links Dr. Friday to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Friday billed Medicare for 3,067 services in 2024, and Dr. Friday accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Friday as offering telehealth services.

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What is Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday's MIPS score?

Dr. Friday's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday see?

CMS counts 279 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Friday in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Friday's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and medicare service (G2211).

Where did Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday go to medical school?

Dr. Friday graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2012.

What drugs does Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Friday's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Amlodipine Besylate and Losartan Potassium.

Has Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,507 in general payments to Dr. Friday from 26 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

How long has Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday been practicing?

Dr. Friday graduated from medical school in 2012, 14 years ago.

Does Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Friday.

Who does Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday publish with?

Dr. Friday's most frequent co-authors are Melanie B. Thomas, MD (1 shared paper).

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