Ruth Williams
Professional Counselor · Bethesda, MD
Ruth Williams is a professional counselor with a practice address in Bethesda, Maryland, and NPI 1962053900, issued on Sep 20, 2019. Check the license (Maryland LGP5188, as entered in NPPES) with the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruth Williams
- Primary taxonomy
- Professional Counselor 101YP2500X
- License number
- LGP5188 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5430 Beech Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814
- Phone
- (240) 468-6057
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2019
- Record last updated
- Sep 20, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241203004692); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ruth Williams in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Maryland board licenses this profession
Search for license LGP5188Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Bright Care Solutions LLCCatonsville, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruth Williams among 4,072 professional counselor records in Maryland
Ruth Williams is one of 4,072 professional counselor records with a practice address in Maryland. 11% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 58% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 11% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 17% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2013 among the 676 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 101YP2500X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
88 professional counselor records list a practice address in Bethesda
They are 88 of the 7,245 NPPES records with a practice address in Bethesda, and 4,072 professional counselor records in Maryland.
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Common questions
What is Ruth Williams's NPI number?
Ruth Williams's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962053900, issued on Sep 20, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruth Williams located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5430 Beech Ave, Bethesda, MD, 20814. Phone: (240) 468-6057. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruth Williams's license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number LGP5188, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.