NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

John O. Bell, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Silver City, NM

John O. Bell, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Silver City, New Mexico, and NPI 1215993043, issued on Apr 21, 2006. Check the license (New Mexico 73-87, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1215993043
Name
John O. Bell
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
73-87 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1600 E 32ND St, Silver City, NM 88061
Phone
(575) 538-2981
Enumerated
Apr 21, 2006
Record last updated
Jan 9, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(575) 388-3373
Medicaid ID
2840 NM
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1600 E 32ND St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Bhisit Bhothinard, MDNeurology Physician1356392542
  2. Tamara Burris, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1750787339
  3. Latanya Carey-Ledford, MDInternal Medicine Physician1568413755
  4. Dorothy Dare, PACPhysician Assistant1366408593
  5. Laura Davenport-Reed, MDInternal Medicine Physician1164473641
  6. Samuel Dye, MDInternal Medicine Physician1952366015

Verify John O. Bell in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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John O. Bell among 770 internal medicine physician records in New Mexico

John O. Bell, MD is one of 770 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 57% newer
  • In a Medicare fileNo · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 58% of these records are
  • Record last updated2013 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

12 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Silver City

They are 12 of the 640 NPPES records with a practice address in Silver City, and 770 internal medicine physician records in New Mexico. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Latanya Carey-Ledford, MDSilver City, NM 880611568413755
  2. Laura Davenport-Reed, MDSilver City, NM 880611164473641
  3. Samuel Dye, MDSilver City, NM 880611952366015
  4. John Fancher, M.D.Silver City, NM 880611750687620
  5. John Flores, MDSilver City, NM 880611801883533
  6. Thomas Hickey, M.D.Silver City, NM 880611528070190
  7. Ellis Knight, MDSilver City, NM 880611699716340
  8. Muskula Kumar, MDSilver City, NM 880611508821745

Common questions

What is John O. Bell, MD's NPI number?

John O. Bell, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215993043, issued on Apr 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is John O. Bell, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1600 E 32ND St, Silver City, NM, 88061. Phone: (575) 538-2981. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify John O. Bell, MD's license?

NPPES lists New Mexico license number 73-87, 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.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. 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.