David C. Willms, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · San Diego, CA
David C. Willms, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1285626747, issued on Aug 19, 2005. Check the license (California C42091, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David C. Willms
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- C42091 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7910 Frost Street, San Diego, CA 92123
- Phone
- (858) 650-5037
- Enumerated
- Aug 19, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 16, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (858) 650-5039
- Medicaid ID
- 00C420910 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070416000553); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 1982
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7910 Frost Street
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Verify David C. Willms in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C42091Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
73 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Ipratropium-Albuterol31 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): 73.6 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $4,464.24
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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 3 group practices
- Chest Medicine And Critical Care Medical Group IncCoronado, CA
- Emergency And Acute Care Medical CorporationCoronado, CA
- Samuel J Clark MD IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
David C. Willms among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
David C. Willms, M.D. is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 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 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is David C. Willms, M.D.'s NPI number?
David C. Willms, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285626747, issued on Aug 19, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David C. Willms, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7910 Frost Street, San Diego, CA, 92123. Phone: (858) 650-5037. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David C. Willms, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C42091, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does David C. Willms, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David C. Willms, M.D. had 73 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is David C. Willms, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.6 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.