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Katherine Haltiwanger Birchenough, MD

NPI 1073567368ActiveIndividual· Emergency Medicine· Greenville, SC

Opted out of Medicare from January 2020 to January 2028. Emergency Medicine (MD) in Greenville, South Carolina, licensed in SC and VA, with an NPI issued in May 2006. Part D covered 106 prescriptions written in 2024, 75% of them generic. Abbvie Inc. was the largest of 3 companies reporting payments in 2025, $1,204 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1073567368
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedMay 20, 2006
Last updated in NPPESSep 4, 2013

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Emergency Medicine Primary207P00000X31992SC
Emergency Medicine207P00000X0101230330VA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Not in the public enrollment file of Oct 1, 2026
Opt-outOpted out Jan 1, 2020 – Jan 1, 2028
Can order and referYes

During an opt-out period the provider sees Medicare patients only under private contracts, and Medicare does not pay claims for their services.

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)106 · 244 30-day fills
Patients28
Total drug cost$4,483
Generic share75% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$1,204 · 18 payments from 3 companies
  • 2024$673.67 · 12 payments from 4 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Abbvie Inc.$934.1616
Lumenis Be Inc$250.001
Motiva USA, LLC$20.291

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$1,204 · 18 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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