David L. Tyson, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Amarillo, TX
David L. Tyson, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Amarillo, Texas, and NPI 1497702708, issued on May 30, 2006. Check the license (Texas K0565, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David L. Tyson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K0565 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1215 S Coulter St, Amarillo, TX 79106
- Phone
- (806) 359-4701
- Enumerated
- May 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (806) 353-0091
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100628000447); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify David L. Tyson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K0565Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,972 Medicare Part D claims for 586 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. 84 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium486 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium278 claims
- Lovastatin263 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate236 claims
- Lisinopril228 claims
- Olmesartan Medoxomil224 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): 78.3 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $534.32
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Amarillo Family Physicians Clinic, P.A.Amarillo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
David L. Tyson among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
David L. Tyson, M.D. 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
- Graduated1995 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
119 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Amarillo
They are 119 of the 3,934 NPPES records with a practice address in Amarillo, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is David L. Tyson, M.D.'s NPI number?
David L. Tyson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497702708, issued on May 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David L. Tyson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1215 S Coulter St, Amarillo, TX, 79106. Phone: (806) 359-4701. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David L. Tyson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K0565, 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 L. Tyson, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David L. Tyson, M.D. had 6,972 Medicare Part D claims for 586 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is David L. Tyson, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.3 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.