Joseph Sterling, MD

Primary specialty

Anesthesiology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207L00000X

License

ME55570 Issued in FL

Practice address

5337 N Socrum Loop Rd
Lakeland, FL 33809-4256

Phone

(352) 867-8898

Fax

(352) 732-6282

NPI assigned

May 16, 2006

Last updated

Aug 18, 2025By 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 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 3

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

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

Anesthesiology

Education

University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 1985

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Anesthesia Dynamics LLCGroup PAC ID 3779832530, 883 clinicians

Office Anesthesia StaffingGroup PAC ID 6901285709, 62 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

HHS exclusion list flag

CMS’s directory marks this NPI as on an HHS exclusion list; no matching OIG record was found. The OIG exclusions file (LEIE) holds no record for this NPI, and the directory does not say which list the flag comes from. How exclusions are shown Confirm with the OIG exclusions search.

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations (25 of 41)

Networks

• Freedom Health HMO Network

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.

• Anesthesia & Pain PA

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Melbourne, FL
  • NPI 1457434763
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Anesthesia Dynamics LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Bradenton, FL
  • NPI 1073001012
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Office Anesthesia Staffing

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • St Petersburg, FL
  • NPI 1972232023

  Anesthesiology

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Ams National LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1316330830
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Fleming Island Anesthesia LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Orange Park, FL
  • NPI 1487945895
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• John D. Woody, MD, PA

  • Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
  • Lakeland, FL
  • NPI 1063465524
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Metro Orlando Anesthesia Associates, LLC

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Orlando, FL
  • NPI 1558981712

  Anesthesiology

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• North Tampa Anesthesia Consultants

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Tampa, FL
  • NPI 1144216433
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Osceola County Anesthesia Associates, LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Kissimmee, FL
  • NPI 1790435048
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Sarasota Anesthesia Services LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Sarasota, FL
  • NPI 1689857393
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Space Coast Anesthesia Services LLC

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Merritt Island, FL
  • NPI 1942441753
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• US Anesthesia Partners of Florida Inc.

  dba JLR Anesthesia Assoc

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Maitland, FL
  • NPI 1518910520
  Medicare reassignment NPD

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1755475200000",
    "number": "1992757256",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2861 DELANEY AVE",
            "city": "ORLANDO",
            "state": "FL",
            "postal_code": "328065409",
            "telephone_number": "352-867-8898",
            "fax_number": "352-732-6282"
        },
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "5337 N SOCRUM LOOP RD",
            "city": "LAKELAND",
            "state": "FL",
            "postal_code": "338094256",
            "telephone_number": "352-867-8898",
            "fax_number": "352-732-6282"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "STERLING",
        "first_name": "JOSEPH",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-05-16",
        "last_updated": "2025-08-18",
        "certification_date": "2025-08-18",
        "status": "A"
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            "license": "ME55570",
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        },
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            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
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            "code": "05",
            "desc": "MEDICAID",
            "issuer": null,
            "identifier": "038806800",
            "state": "FL"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD",
            "identifier": "09128",
            "state": "FL"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "RAILROAD MEDICARE",
            "identifier": "09128D",
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        }
    ],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Kimberly Susanne Stephens, RPH
• Paige Stephens, PHARMD
• Tiffany Marie Stephenson, APRN
• Steps to Freedom Counseling Services, LLC.
• Cornelius F Sterling, OTR
• Shelley Stettinius, BCABA
• Steve Blicblum M D P a
• Melody Stevens, PHARMD
• Monica Anne Stevens
• Carla Stewart, LMHC

• Anesthesiology Physician in Lakeland, FL
• Providers in Lakeland, FL by specialty
• Anesthesiology Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 18, 2025; 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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