Dustin Heber Tauferner, D.O.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Fort Hood, TX
Dustin Heber Tauferner, D.O. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Fort Hood, Texas, and NPI 1174724744, issued on May 30, 2007. Check the license (Texas N0499, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dustin Heber Tauferner
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- N0499 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Carl R Darnall Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX 76544
- Phone
- (254) 288-8303
- Enumerated
- May 30, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 26, 2026
- Fax
- (254) 288-8303
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110802000778); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Texas Hsc, College Of Osteopathic Med, 2006
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dustin Heber Tauferner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N0499Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
413 Medicare Part D claims for 242 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 60 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt51 claims
- Tramadol Hcl42 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl30 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl25 claims
- Metoclopramide Hcl20 claims
- Prednisone19 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: $25.17
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Hologic Sales and Service, LLC. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Sound Physicians Emergency Medicine OF Texas PLLCLubbock, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dustin Heber Tauferner among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Dustin Heber Tauferner, D.O. is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 33% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
60 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Fort Hood
They are 60 of the 1,141 NPPES records with a practice address in Fort Hood, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
All 4,885 in Texas → Every provider in Fort Hood → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jason Christensen, DOFort Hood, TX 765441083752174
- Cord Cunningham, M.D.Fort Hood, TX 765441184614661
- Kenneth Dekay, M.D.Fort Hood, TX 765441770675159
- John Dunn, M.D.Fort Hood, TX 765441689711335
- Everett Fuller, MDFort Hood, TX 765441942303375
- Brian Hall, M.D.Fort Cavazos, TX 765441497764898
- David Hile, MDFt Hood, TX 765441225248842
- Emily Lucid, MDFort Hood, TX 765441508912163
Common questions
What is Dustin Heber Tauferner, D.O.'s NPI number?
Dustin Heber Tauferner, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174724744, issued on May 30, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dustin Heber Tauferner, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Carl R Darnall Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX, 76544. Phone: (254) 288-8303. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dustin Heber Tauferner, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N0499, 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 Dustin Heber Tauferner, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dustin Heber Tauferner, D.O. had 413 Medicare Part D claims for 242 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.