Richard Irwin Williams, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Cookeville, TN
Richard Irwin Williams, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Cookeville, Tennessee, and NPI 1972663144, issued on Dec 11, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 27426, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Irwin Williams
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 27426 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 315 N Washington Ave, Cookeville, TN 38501
- Phone
- (800) 264-3762
- Enumerated
- Dec 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (615) 292-9469
- Medicaid ID
- Q012854 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050202000944); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Indiana University School Of Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 315 N Washington Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard Irwin Williams in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 27426Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
39% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
212 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam117 claims
- Methylprednisolone59 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium11 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $62.48
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance PANashville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Irwin Williams among 467 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Tennessee
Richard Irwin Williams, M.D. is one of 467 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 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 23% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 23% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2003 among the 306 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 467 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Tennessee.
All 467 in Tennessee → Every provider in Cookeville → Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sam BarnesCookeville, TN 385011881936292
- Philip Elizondo, M.D.Cookeville, TN 385011407887870
- Carl Hollmann, MDCookeville, TN 385011669469722
- Brian Huff, DOCookeville, TN 385011154783835
- James McKinney, MDCookeville, TN 385011194712919
- Gregory Roberts, MDCookeville, TN 385011043207574
- Shawn Stachler, D.O.Cookeville, TN 385011831430818
- James Talmage, MDCookeville, TN 385011356344782
Common questions
What is Richard Irwin Williams, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Irwin Williams, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972663144, issued on Dec 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Irwin Williams, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 315 N Washington Ave, Cookeville, TN, 38501. Phone: (800) 264-3762. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Irwin Williams, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 27426, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Irwin Williams, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Irwin Williams, M.D. had 212 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Irwin Williams, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.