Ronald Martin Walters, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Whiteville, NC
Ronald Martin Walters, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Whiteville, North Carolina, and NPI 1922002997, issued on Jun 8, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 30510, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ronald Martin Walters
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 30510 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 220 Jefferson St, Whiteville, NC 28472
- Phone
- (910) 642-3214
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 27, 2023
- Fax
- (910) 642-2085
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100423000449); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1986
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 220 Jefferson St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- David Greco, M.D.Surgery Physician1881698868
- James Oles, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1538101340
Verify Ronald Martin Walters in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 30510Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
501 Medicare Part D claims for 203 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 68 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium136 claims
- Tramadol Hcl38 claims
- Mupirocin31 claims
- Sucralfate27 claims
- Clopidogrel25 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen22 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 53.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $304.54
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Walters Surgical Assoc PAWhiteville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ronald Martin Walters among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina
Ronald Martin Walters, M.D. is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 surgery physician records list a practice address in Whiteville
They are 5 of the 366 NPPES records with a practice address in Whiteville, and 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
All 1,170 in North Carolina → Every provider in Whiteville → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- David Greco, M.D.Whiteville, NC 284721881698868
- Andrew Hutchinson, DOWhiteville, NC 284721134206816
- Michael Cahn, M.D., PAShallotte, NC 284701215005459
- Paul Armstrong, MDSouthport, NC 284611871574053
- James Smith, M.D.Saint James, NC 284611144628967
- Robert Zukoski, M.D.Southport, NC 284611346223054
Common questions
What is Ronald Martin Walters, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ronald Martin Walters, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922002997, issued on Jun 8, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ronald Martin Walters, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 220 Jefferson St, Whiteville, NC, 28472. Phone: (910) 642-3214. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ronald Martin Walters, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 30510, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ronald Martin Walters, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ronald Martin Walters, M.D. had 501 Medicare Part D claims for 203 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ronald Martin Walters, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 53.7 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.