Donald Elmer Dingus, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Big Stone Gap, VA
Donald Elmer Dingus, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and NPI 1265471635, issued on Jun 4, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101045541, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald Elmer Dingus
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 0101045541 VA
101045541 VA
40295 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 205 E 19TH St N, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
- Phone
- (276) 524-4920
- Enumerated
- Jun 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 11, 2022
- Fax
- (276) 524-1401
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040506000162); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 205 E 19TH St N
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Cassandra Dingus, F.N.P.Family Nurse Practitioner1013105840
- Lisa OwsleyProfessional Counselor1376001743
- Sherry WhittClinical Social Worker1801398672
Verify Donald Elmer Dingus in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101045541Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
1,390 Medicare Part D claims for 190 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 59 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone74 claims
- Ondansetron Odt72 claims
- Cefdinir65 claims
- Famotidine49 claims
- Methocarbamol47 claims
- Lisinopril40 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Cassandra Dingus Fnp PCBig Stone Gap, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Donald Elmer Dingus among 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia
Donald Elmer Dingus, MD is one of 1,715 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 80% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2011 among the 956 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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 Virginia 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 Big Stone Gap
They are 5 of the 225 NPPES records with a practice address in Big Stone Gap, and 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia.
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- John Strange, MDBig Stone Gap, VA 242191366686180
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Common questions
What is Donald Elmer Dingus, MD's NPI number?
Donald Elmer Dingus, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265471635, issued on Jun 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald Elmer Dingus, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 205 E 19TH St N, Big Stone Gap, VA, 24219. Phone: (276) 524-4920. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald Elmer Dingus, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101045541, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Donald Elmer Dingus, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donald Elmer Dingus, MD had 1,390 Medicare Part D claims for 190 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.