Charles Joseph Wanker, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Iola, KS
Charles Joseph Wanker, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Iola, Kansas, and NPI 1609835446, issued on Mar 21, 2006. Check the license (Kansas 0438173, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles Joseph Wanker
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 0438173 KS
01057134A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2051 N State St, Iola, KS 66749
- Phone
- (620) 380-6600
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 26, 2025
- Fax
- (620) 380-6215
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150707000522); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- West Virginia University School Of Medicine, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Charles Joseph Wanker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 0438173Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
24,512 Medicare Part D claims for 715 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 949 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,325 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium991 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium900 claims
- Potassium Chloride794 claims
- Gabapentin688 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate594 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $111.49
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Community Health Center OF Southeast Kansas IncLa Cygne, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charles Joseph Wanker among 1,970 family medicine physician records in Kansas
Charles Joseph Wanker, MD is one of 1,970 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 77% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2006 among the 1,164 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Iola
They are 13 of the 135 NPPES records with a practice address in Iola, and 1,970 family medicine physician records in Kansas.
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Common questions
What is Charles Joseph Wanker, MD's NPI number?
Charles Joseph Wanker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609835446, issued on Mar 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles Joseph Wanker, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2051 N State St, Iola, KS, 66749. Phone: (620) 380-6600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles Joseph Wanker, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 0438173, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Charles Joseph Wanker, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles Joseph Wanker, MD had 24,512 Medicare Part D claims for 715 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.