Thomas Elwood White, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Buena Vista, CO
Thomas Elwood White, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Buena Vista, Colorado, and NPI 1427158815, issued on Sep 25, 2006. Check the license (Colorado 33857, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas Elwood White
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 33857 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 36 Oak Street, Buena Vista, CO 81211
- Phone
- (719) 395-8632
- Enumerated
- Sep 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (719) 395-4971
- Medicaid ID
- 01338573 CO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120501000361); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Davis School Of Medicine, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 36 Oak Street
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Verify Thomas Elwood White in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license 33857Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
26% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,470 Medicare Part D claims for 458 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 184 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium317 claims
- Lisinopril205 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium168 claims
- Losartan Potassium153 claims
- Omeprazole134 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate132 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 62.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $29.77
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Salida Hospital DistrictBuena Vista, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas Elwood White among 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado
Thomas Elwood White, M.D. is one of 3,563 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 76% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2008 among the 2,077 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
8 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Buena Vista
They are 8 of the 109 NPPES records with a practice address in Buena Vista, and 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado.
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Common questions
What is Thomas Elwood White, M.D.'s NPI number?
Thomas Elwood White, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427158815, issued on Sep 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas Elwood White, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 36 Oak Street, Buena Vista, CO, 81211. Phone: (719) 395-8632. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas Elwood White, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 33857, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Thomas Elwood White, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thomas Elwood White, M.D. had 4,470 Medicare Part D claims for 458 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Thomas Elwood White, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 62.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.