Dr. Donald Everett Schmechel, MD

Dr. Schmechel practices at Lmc Lexington in Lexington, South Carolina.

Dr. Schmechel's NPI, 1255415139, was assigned on October 25, 2006. Dr. Schmechel graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1974. Dr. Schmechel holds North Carolina license 26051.

Dr. Schmechel's primary practice is Lmc Lexington, at 811 W Main St, Lexington, SC 29072 in Lexington County. The practice phone is (803) 936-7035.

Dr. Schmechel's primary practice is Lmc Lexington in Lexington, South Carolina. Dr. Schmechel is also affiliated with Prisma Health Baptist Hospital. The medical group on file is Pain Specialists of Charleston. Dmand AI also links Dr. Schmechel to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Schmechel practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurology is Dr. Schmechel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Schmechel is licensed in North Carolina.

CMS data shows 383 Medicare services from Dr. Schmechel across 5 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 157 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $32,778 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 157 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Schmechel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 65 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.50, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Schmechel's median patient age at 64, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Schmechel wrote 752 Medicare Part D claims for 127 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 540 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $399,689 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 531 claims across 18 drugs.

Dr. Schmechel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Schmechel, published from 2012 to 2013. Dr. Schmechel's most frequent co-authors are Christopher Edwards, MD, Laura Martina Decastro, MD and Todd Doyle, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Schmechel to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency and Subcutaneous Emphysema.

CMS Open Payments shows 698 general payments to Dr. Schmechel from 51 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 93% of the total. Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $1,082.

Dr. Schmechel graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1974.