Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O.
Family Medicine Physician · Alamosa, CO
Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Alamosa, Colorado, and NPI 1871578062, issued on Dec 9, 2005. Check the license (Colorado 36261, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Martin Wayne Sowards
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 36261 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 77 Adcock Dr, Alamosa, CO 81101
- Phone
- (719) 589-2370
- Enumerated
- Dec 9, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 12, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (719) 587-0095
- Medicaid ID
- 20828527 CO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041207000655); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Texas Hsc, College Of Osteopathic Med, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Martin Wayne Sowards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license 36261Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,713 Medicare Part D claims for 438 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 292 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium401 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium233 claims
- Lisinopril213 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl188 claims
- Gabapentin169 claims
- Metformin Hcl148 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): 18.3 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: $255.41
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen 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
- Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc.La Junta, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Martin Wayne Sowards among 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado
Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O. is one of 3,563 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2008 among the 2,077 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 58% 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 Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Alamosa
They are 14 of the 604 NPPES records with a practice address in Alamosa, and 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado.
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Common questions
What is Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O.'s NPI number?
Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871578062, issued on Dec 9, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 77 Adcock Dr, Alamosa, CO, 81101. Phone: (719) 589-2370. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 36261, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O. had 5,713 Medicare Part D claims for 438 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Martin Wayne Sowards, D.O.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 18.3 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.