John William Forage, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Amarillo, TX
John William Forage, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Amarillo, Texas, and NPI 1942270038, issued on Jan 23, 2006. Check the license (Texas Q5186, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John William Forage
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- Q5186 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1600 Wallace Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79106
- Phone
- (806) 212-2129
- Enumerated
- Jan 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 18, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (806) 212-6278
- Medicaid ID
- 348221801 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150810002402); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arizona College Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify John William Forage in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license Q5186Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
62% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
843 Medicare Part D claims for 259 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide68 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium55 claims
- Potassium Chloride45 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium39 claims
- Carvedilol36 claims
- Eliquis31 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): 97.6 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: $23.88
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Bsa Physicians Group IncAmarillo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John William Forage among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
John William Forage, MD is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is John William Forage, MD's NPI number?
John William Forage, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942270038, issued on Jan 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John William Forage, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1600 Wallace Blvd, Amarillo, TX, 79106. Phone: (806) 212-2129. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John William Forage, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number Q5186, 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 John William Forage, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John William Forage, MD had 843 Medicare Part D claims for 259 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is John William Forage, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 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.