Dirk A. Frater, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Dallas, TX
Dirk A. Frater, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1891730230, issued on Jun 19, 2006. Check the license (Texas H0992, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dirk A. Frater
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- H0992 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8230 Walnut Hill LN, Dallas, TX 75231
- Phone
- (214) 373-3475
- Enumerated
- Jun 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 20, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (214) 373-3476
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dirk A. Frater in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license H0992Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,652 Medicare Part D claims for 178 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 87 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium134 claims
- Trazodone Hcl92 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate90 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium84 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide81 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium73 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: $246.22
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Dirk A. Frater among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Dirk A. Frater, MD is one of 9,175 internal 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2008 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
956 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Dallas
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Common questions
What is Dirk A. Frater, MD's NPI number?
Dirk A. Frater, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891730230, issued on Jun 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dirk A. Frater, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8230 Walnut Hill LN, Dallas, TX, 75231. Phone: (214) 373-3475. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dirk A. Frater, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number H0992, 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 Dirk A. Frater, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dirk A. Frater, MD had 2,652 Medicare Part D claims for 178 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.