NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

David Carter

Emergency Medicine Physician · Alice, TX

David Carter is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Alice, Texas, and NPI 1821415910, issued on Mar 26, 2014. Check the license (Texas Q5629, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1821415910
Name
David Carter
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
Q5629 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2500 E Main St, Alice, TX 78332
Phone
(361) 661-8000
Enumerated
Mar 26, 2014
Record last updated
Jul 29, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20151210002416); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 2500 E Main St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Dennis Brosius, P.T.Physical Therapist1538224282
  2. Debbie Bruns, P.A.Physician Assistant1720270929
  3. Mary Casillas, COTAOccupational Therapy Assistant1578772257
  4. Toni Clark, RN, MS, CFNPNurse Practitioner1003833559
  5. Daniel Elwell, D.O.Emergency Medicine Physician1912124116
  6. Emmanuel Gonzalez, LPTAPhysical Therapy Assistant1558426817

Verify David Carter in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

524 Medicare Part D claims for 321 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. David Carter524
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Meloxicam57 claims
  2. Azithromycin37 claims
  3. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass36 claims
  4. Cyclobenzaprine Hcl35 claims
  5. Doxycycline Hyclate26 claims
  6. Cefdinir25 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.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.6 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score73.5
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilitynot scored (reweighted)
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Gulf Coast Emergency Physicians, PLLCCorpus Christi, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

David Carter among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas

David Carter is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 63% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 63% of these records are older, 33% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Record last updated2021 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

5 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Alice

They are 5 of the 276 NPPES records with a practice address in Alice, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Daniel Elwell, D.O.Alice, TX 783321912124116
  2. Michael McCarty, M.D.Alice, TX 783321528327012
  3. Michael Money, D.O.Alice, TX 783321346774247
  4. Joseph Nicolini, D.O., PH.D.Alice, TX 783321013915628
  5. Gerald Banks, M.D,, M.S.Kingsville, TX 783631942540877
  6. Robert HarbolovicKingsville, TX 783631275025371
  7. Fred Martin, M.D.Kingsville, TX 783631245257872
  8. Ben Moore, M.D.Kingsville, TX 783631649297276

Common questions

What is David Carter's NPI number?

David Carter's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821415910, issued on Mar 26, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is David Carter located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2500 E Main St, Alice, TX, 78332. Phone: (361) 661-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify David Carter's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number Q5629, 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 David Carter prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, David Carter had 524 Medicare Part D claims for 321 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is David Carter's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.