Douglas Wayne Whitehead, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Spartanburg, SC
Douglas Wayne Whitehead, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and NPI 1881639466, issued on Jun 18, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 15978, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas Wayne Whitehead
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 15978 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 101 W Saint John St, Spartanburg, SC 29306
- Phone
- (864) 342-7070
- Enumerated
- Jun 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 3, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 159786 SC
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 101 W Saint John St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Douglas Wayne Whitehead in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 15978Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
45 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium12 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: $15.96
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Douglas Wayne Whitehead among 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina
Douglas Wayne Whitehead, M.D. is one of 2,700 family medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 78% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 61% of these records are
- Record last updated2021 · 50% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
145 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Spartanburg
They are 145 of the 3,328 NPPES records with a practice address in Spartanburg, and 2,700 family medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Douglas Wayne Whitehead, M.D.'s NPI number?
Douglas Wayne Whitehead, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881639466, issued on Jun 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas Wayne Whitehead, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 W Saint John St, Spartanburg, SC, 29306. Phone: (864) 342-7070. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas Wayne Whitehead, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 15978, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Douglas Wayne Whitehead, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Douglas Wayne Whitehead, M.D. had 45 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.