Arnold Keefe Carothers, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Port Arthur, TX
Arnold Keefe Carothers, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Port Arthur, Texas, and NPI 1184687394, issued on Apr 10, 2006. Check the license (Texas K5848, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Arnold Keefe Carothers
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K5848 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8555 Memorial Blvd Ste 100, Port Arthur, TX 77640
- Phone
- (409) 237-6480
- Enumerated
- Apr 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 14, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070104000224); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8555 Memorial Blvd Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Sonya Carothers, MSN,RN,FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1013165059
- Andrew Evans, MDFamily Medicine Physician1891358586
- Shameka Turner, LCSWClinical Social Worker1548702988
Verify Arnold Keefe Carothers in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K5848Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
67% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,173 Medicare Part D claims for 155 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium94 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate84 claims
- Lisinopril50 claims
- Metformin Hcl44 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa38 claims
- Carvedilol30 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Legacy Community Health Services, IncBeaumont, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Arnold Keefe Carothers among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Arnold Keefe Carothers, DO is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Port Arthur
They are 14 of the 462 NPPES records with a practice address in Port Arthur, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
All 11,119 in Texas → Every provider in Port Arthur → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Olayemi Bolarinwa, MDPort Arthur, TX 776401376006460
- Bodo Brauer, M.D.Port Arthur, TX 776401679579908
- Andrew Evans, MDPort Arthur, TX 776401891358586
- Francis Kotzur, M.D.Port Arthur, TX 776401851393193
- Hanh Nguyen, PAPort Arthur, TX 776401790784072
- William Pickard, M.D.Port Arthur, TX 776401922001882
- Lawrence Sanders, M.D.Port Arthur, TX 776401164421103
- Uma Sukhavasi, M.D.Port Arthur, TX 776401013913466
Common questions
What is Arnold Keefe Carothers, DO's NPI number?
Arnold Keefe Carothers, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184687394, issued on Apr 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Arnold Keefe Carothers, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8555 Memorial Blvd Ste 100, Port Arthur, TX, 77640. Phone: (409) 237-6480. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Arnold Keefe Carothers, DO's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K5848, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Arnold Keefe Carothers, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Arnold Keefe Carothers, DO had 1,173 Medicare Part D claims for 155 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.