Rhonda Jo Sowards, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Coal Valley, IL
Rhonda Jo Sowards, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Coal Valley, Illinois, and NPI 1326062621, issued on Jul 27, 2006. Check the license on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rhonda Jo Sowards
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 36437 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1807 1St St, Coal Valley, IL 61240
- Phone
- (309) 256-8597
- Enumerated
- Jul 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 3, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070219000826); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Rhonda Jo Sowards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional RegulationCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
288 Medicare Part D claims for 186 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. 36 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt30 claims
- Prednisone26 claims
- Cephalexin22 claims
- Methocarbamol21 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen19 claims
- Methylprednisolone15 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $18.91
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Unity HealthcareMuscatine, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
1 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Coal Valley
They are 1 of the 30 NPPES records with a practice address in Coal Valley, and 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Rhonda Jo Sowards, MD's NPI number?
Rhonda Jo Sowards, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326062621, issued on Jul 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rhonda Jo Sowards, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1807 1St St, Coal Valley, IL, 61240. Phone: (309) 256-8597. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rhonda Jo Sowards, MD's license?
Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Rhonda Jo Sowards, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rhonda Jo Sowards, MD had 288 Medicare Part D claims for 186 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.