Richard Wayne Cole, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Galveston, TX
Richard Wayne Cole, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Galveston, Texas, and NPI 1124068416, issued on Jun 7, 2006. Check the license (Texas L6836, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Wayne Cole
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- L6836 TX
38715 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555
- Phone
- (281) 483-7999
- Enumerated
- Jun 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 18, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 3339629 TN
03027060 MS
146461001 AR - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071115000424); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Wayne Cole in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L6836Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
65% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
80 Medicare Part D claims for 68 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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
- Integrative Emergency Services Physician Group-Houston PLLCPasadena, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Wayne Cole among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Richard Wayne Cole, MD is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 55% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
35 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Galveston
They are 35 of the 2,532 NPPES records with a practice address in Galveston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
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- Mark Nikbakht, M.D.Galveston, TX 775551730348749
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Common questions
What is Richard Wayne Cole, MD's NPI number?
Richard Wayne Cole, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124068416, issued on Jun 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Wayne Cole, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, 77555. Phone: (281) 483-7999. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Wayne Cole, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L6836, 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 Richard Wayne Cole, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Wayne Cole, MD had 80 Medicare Part D claims for 68 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.