Richard L. Whitworth, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Temple, TX
Richard L. Whitworth, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Temple, Texas, and NPI 1043537376, issued on Apr 26, 2010. Check the license (Texas P1151, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard L. Whitworth
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- P1151 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2401 S 31St St, Temple, TX 76508
- Phone
- (254) 724-5815
- Enumerated
- Apr 26, 2010
- Record last updated
- Nov 28, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard L. Whitworth in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P1151Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
300 Medicare Part D claims for 171 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 38 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen31 claims
- Ondansetron Odt31 claims
- Naproxen15 claims
- Cephalexin14 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl12 claims
- Prednisone12 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: $20.00
1 payment: education; the largest payer was Csl Behring. 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.
Richard L. Whitworth among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Richard L. Whitworth, 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 2010, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 48% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 57% of these records are
- Record last updated2011 · 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).
168 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Temple
They are 168 of the 4,612 NPPES records with a practice address in Temple, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Richard L. Whitworth, MD's NPI number?
Richard L. Whitworth, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043537376, issued on Apr 26, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard L. Whitworth, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2401 S 31St St, Temple, TX, 76508. Phone: (254) 724-5815. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard L. Whitworth, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P1151, 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 L. Whitworth, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard L. Whitworth, MD had 300 Medicare Part D claims for 171 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.