Robert Williams Bechtel, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Norton, VA
Robert Williams Bechtel, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Norton, Virginia, and NPI 1578510079, issued on May 28, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101048181, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Williams Bechtel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 0101048181 VA
MD021356 TN
21356 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 Fifteenth Street NW, Norton, VA 24273
- Phone
- (276) 679-9600
- Enumerated
- May 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 14, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 3066137 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050730000126); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Emory University School Of Medicine, 1986
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert Williams Bechtel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101048181Check 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 108 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt56 claims
- Cefdinir28 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate21 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass19 claims
- Fluconazole16 claims
- Prednisone16 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
- Tri-Cities Regional Emergency Physicians, PCSneedville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Williams Bechtel among 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia
Robert Williams Bechtel, MD is one of 1,715 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 80% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2011 among the 956 with a school on file
- 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Norton
They are 4 of the 275 NPPES records with a practice address in Norton, and 1,715 emergency medicine physician records in Virginia.
All 1,715 in Virginia → Every provider in Norton → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christopher Bruner, D.O.Norton, VA 242731316227473
- Elpidio Capalad, M.D.Norton, VA 242731265409346
- Robert Jolley, MDNorton, VA 242731043269327
- Phanel Basile, MDPennington Gap, VA 242771750310561
- B Kolodziej, MDPennington Gap, VA 242771841221397
- Stanislav Merka, MDPennington Gap, VA 242771386673119
- Karl LewisLebanon, VA 242661588762611
- Paul Phillips, D.O.Lebanon, VA 242661538352604
Common questions
What is Robert Williams Bechtel, MD's NPI number?
Robert Williams Bechtel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578510079, issued on May 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Williams Bechtel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 Fifteenth Street NW, Norton, VA, 24273. Phone: (276) 679-9600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Williams Bechtel, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101048181, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Robert Williams Bechtel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Robert Williams Bechtel, MD had 288 Medicare Part D claims for 108 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.