Benjamin Jerome Askins, MD

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

28194 Issued in SC

Practice address

2006 Augusta Hwy
Lexington, SC 29072-2208

Phone

(803) 785-4747

Fax

(803) 785-4750

NPI assigned

Mar 2, 2007

Last updated

Oct 13, 2020By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in SC

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Family Practice

Education

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, 2005

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Lexington Health IncGroup PAC ID 2567872070, 905 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Medical Services of America Home Health Home health agency, Irmo, SC, CCN 427010
• Amedisys Home Health of Lexington Home health agency, Lexington, SC, CCN 427039
• Lexington Medical Center Hospital, West Columbia, SC, CCN 420073
• Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital, Columbia, SC, CCN 420106

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.09 of 100Reported as group

Quality

68.87

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

78.11

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: baskins8954@direct.lexmed.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Lexington Health Inc

  dba Lexington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine

  • Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1710634753

  Family Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lexington County Health Services District Inc

  dba Lexington Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1356366314
  NPD
• Lexington Health Inc

  dba LMC Batesburg Leesville Primary Care

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Batesburg Leesville, SC
  • NPI 1891392221
  NPD
• Lexington Health Inc

  dba Lexington Internal Medicine

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1942190988
  NPD
• Lexington County Health Services District, Inc.

  dba Lexington Medical Center Irmo

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1396778056
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Amedisys SC, LLC

  dba Amedisys Home Health of Aiken

  • Home Health Agency
  • Lexington, SC
  • NPI 1760430375
  Care Compare affiliation
• Lexington Health Inc

  dba Lexington Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • West Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1386241834
  Care Compare affiliation
• Prisma Health-Midlands

  dba Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Columbia, SC
  • NPI 1811237985
  Care Compare affiliation
• Tri-County Home Health Care & Services Inc

  dba Medical Services of America Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Irmo, SC
  • NPI 1689626608
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "city": "WEST COLUMBIA",
            "state": "SC",
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• Family Medicine Physician in Lexington, SC
• Providers in Lexington, SC by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in South Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 13, 2020; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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