Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Gainesville, FL
Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Gainesville, Florida, and NPI 1699899625, issued on Mar 16, 2007. Check the license (Florida ME127146, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Hugh Alexander Watkins
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- ME127146 FL
0101249744 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1600 SW Archer RD, Gainesville, FL 32610
- Phone
- (352) 265-0111
- Enumerated
- Mar 16, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 18, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241224001367); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Hugh Alexander Watkins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME127146Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
324 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Tartrate29 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium28 claims
- Furosemide26 claims
- Eliquis22 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate21 claims
- Lisinopril19 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $18.35
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Florida Clinical Practice Association IncGainesville, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Hugh Alexander Watkins among 9,399 family medicine physician records in Florida
Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD is one of 9,399 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Florida. 79% 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 45% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 45% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2004 among the 5,504 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 51% 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 Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
229 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Gainesville
They are 229 of the 14,407 NPPES records with a practice address in Gainesville, and 9,399 family medicine physician records in Florida.
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Common questions
What is Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD's NPI number?
Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699899625, issued on Mar 16, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1600 SW Archer RD, Gainesville, FL, 32610. Phone: (352) 265-0111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME127146, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD had 324 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Hugh Alexander Watkins, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.1 of 100. 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.