Douglas W. Benkelman, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Winchester, VA
Douglas W. Benkelman, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Winchester, Virginia, and NPI 1518926567, issued on Mar 20, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101233812, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas W. Benkelman
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 0101233812 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1840 Amherst St, Winchester, VA 22601
- Phone
- (540) 536-8000
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 27, 2023
- Fax
- (540) 536-7681
- Medicaid IDs
- 010206375 VA
3810003606 WV - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160426002122); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri, Columbia School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Douglas W. Benkelman in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101233812Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
249 Medicare Part D claims for 117 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone21 claims
- Furosemide16 claims
- Cephalexin15 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate15 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate15 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate13 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
- City Hospital IncMartinsburg, WV
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Douglas W. Benkelman among 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia
Douglas W. Benkelman, 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
- Graduated1995 · median 2011 among the 956 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
37 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Winchester
They are 37 of the 2,762 NPPES records with a practice address in Winchester, and 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Douglas W. Benkelman, MD's NPI number?
Douglas W. Benkelman, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518926567, issued on Mar 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas W. Benkelman, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1840 Amherst St, Winchester, VA, 22601. Phone: (540) 536-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas W. Benkelman, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101233812, 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 Douglas W. Benkelman, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas W. Benkelman, MD had 249 Medicare Part D claims for 117 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.