NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Merrill R. Conant, M.D.

Emergency Medicine Physician · Dodge City, KS

Merrill R. Conant, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Dodge City, Kansas, and NPI 1194780445, issued on Apr 19, 2006. Check the license (Kansas AC2832738, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1194780445
Name
Merrill R. Conant
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
AC2832738 KS
0420546 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
120 W Ross Blvd, Dodge City, KS 67801
Phone
(620) 225-1650
Enumerated
Apr 19, 2006
Record last updated
May 12, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(620) 227-2505
Medicaid IDs
100157800F KS
1001157800B KS
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20080129000715); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 1983
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 120 W Ross Blvd

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

  1. Katrina Alvarado, RNRegistered Nurse1972491637
  2. Taylor Apley, MDFamily Medicine Physician1356082507
  3. Stephen Cagle, LSCSWClinical Social Worker1063477255
  4. Catherine Cooke, MDFamily Medicine Physician1598345019
  5. Katelyn Durler, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1053068114
  6. Codi Ehrlich, MDFamily Medicine Physician1316442130

Verify Merrill R. Conant in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
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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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31.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

7,037 Medicare Part D claims for 320 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 268 claims were for opioids.

  1. Merrill Conant7,037
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium323 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate252 claims
  3. Metformin Hcl249 claims
  4. Pantoprazole Sodium236 claims
  5. Levothyroxine Sodium233 claims
  6. Lisinopril184 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Commonspirit Kansas IncDodge City, KS

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Merrill R. Conant among 459 emergency medicine physician records in Kansas

Merrill R. Conant, M.D. is one of 459 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 77% 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 8% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 60% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated1983 · median 2011 among the 270 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2008 · 49% 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 Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Kansas

There are 459 emergency medicine physician records in Kansas.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Benny Short, M.D.Dodge City, KS 678011104854553
  2. Roger Trotter, MDDodge City, KS 678011548225121
  3. Albert Gaines, MDGarden City, KS 678461679500409
  4. David Hellman, M.D.Garden City, KS 678461780704452
  5. Osama Ismael, M.D.Garden City, KS 678461841241551
  6. Earl Fitzgerald, MDLiberal, KS 679011669412284
  7. James Wiley, DOLiberal, KS 679011720029069
  8. Bruce McGehee, MDRussell, KS 676651679518369

Common questions

What is Merrill R. Conant, M.D.'s NPI number?

Merrill R. Conant, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194780445, issued on Apr 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Merrill R. Conant, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 120 W Ross Blvd, Dodge City, KS, 67801. Phone: (620) 225-1650. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Merrill R. Conant, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Kansas license number AC2832738, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Merrill R. Conant, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Merrill R. Conant, M.D. had 7,037 Medicare Part D claims for 320 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.