Douglas L. McPherson, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Alamogordo, NM
Douglas L. McPherson, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and NPI 1841384229, issued on Oct 3, 2006. Check the license (New Mexico 90249, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas L. McPherson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 90249 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1211 E 8TH Street, Alamogordo, NM 88310
- Phone
- (575) 551-5111
- Enumerated
- Oct 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 13, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (575) 551-5112
- Medicaid ID
- 000J8125 NM
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071126000537); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Douglas L. McPherson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
Search for license 90249Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
295 Medicare Part D claims for 221 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin54 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl37 claims
- Cephalexin21 claims
- Paxlovid16 claims
- Prednisone16 claims
- Azelastine Hcl15 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): 83.8 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Douglas L. McPherson among 1,287 family medicine physician records in New Mexico
Douglas L. McPherson, MD is one of 1,287 family medicine physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 72% 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, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2008 among the 727 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 59% 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 New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
24 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Alamogordo
They are 24 of the 1,354 NPPES records with a practice address in Alamogordo, and 1,287 family medicine physician records in New Mexico.
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Common questions
What is Douglas L. McPherson, MD's NPI number?
Douglas L. McPherson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841384229, issued on Oct 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas L. McPherson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1211 E 8TH Street, Alamogordo, NM, 88310. Phone: (575) 551-5111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas L. McPherson, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number 90249, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Douglas L. McPherson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas L. McPherson, MD had 295 Medicare Part D claims for 221 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Douglas L. McPherson, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.8 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.