Walter Bridges, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Amarillo, TX
Walter Bridges, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Amarillo, Texas, and NPI 1750397865, issued on Jul 31, 2006. Check the license (Texas H6071, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter Bridges
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- H6071 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1400 S Coulter St, Amarillo, TX 79106
- Phone
- (806) 414-9800
- Enumerated
- Jul 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (806) 354-5689
- Medicaid IDs
- 100142070A OK
F8785 NM
138671617 TX
138671613 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050407000891); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Walter Bridges in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license H6071Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pediatrics physician in 2024
6,930 Medicare Part D claims for 240 beneficiaries, against an average of 375 among the 5,609 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 144 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium413 claims
- Omeprazole228 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium181 claims
- Montelukast Sodium147 claims
- Levetiracetam146 claims
- Gabapentin129 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): 100 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: $31.78
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Corium, LLC. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center AmarilloAmarillo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Walter Bridges among 5,641 pediatrics physician records in Texas
Walter Bridges, MD is one of 5,641 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in Texas. 47% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 47% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 9% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2011 among the 485 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pediatrics Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is Walter Bridges, MD's NPI number?
Walter Bridges, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750397865, issued on Jul 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter Bridges, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1400 S Coulter St, Amarillo, TX, 79106. Phone: (806) 414-9800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter Bridges, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number H6071, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Walter Bridges, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Walter Bridges, MD had 6,930 Medicare Part D claims for 240 beneficiaries; the average among pediatrics physician prescribers was 375. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Walter Bridges, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.