Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D.
Specialist · Raleigh, NC
Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Raleigh, North Carolina, and NPI 1275503807, issued on Jan 25, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 31789, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter Lawrence Chmelewski
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 31789 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3101 John Humphries Wynd, Raleigh, NC 27612
- Phone
- (919) 881-8272
- Enumerated
- Jan 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 21, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 881-2026
- Medicaid ID
- 7922453 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120225000186); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, 1986
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest specialist records → All 839 in North Carolina → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 3101 John Humphries Wynd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Tegan Magsam, PHARMD, BCACP, CPPPharmacist1760807226
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- Sherry Sinclair, M.D.Specialist1467422006
- Andre Weldy, PA-CPhysician Assistant1003646076
Verify Walter Lawrence Chmelewski in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 31789Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average specialist in 2024
4,970 Medicare Part D claims for 598 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 551 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate405 claims
- Methotrexate355 claims
- Prednisone354 claims
- Celecoxib353 claims
- Tramadol Hcl336 claims
- Gabapentin306 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $536.12
24 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Wake Internal Medicine Consultants, Inc.Raleigh, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Walter Lawrence Chmelewski among 839 specialist records in North Carolina
Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D. is one of 839 specialist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 19% 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 · 19% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 13% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 1991 among the 109 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 76% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Specialist providers in North Carolina
There are 839 specialist records in North Carolina.
All 839 in North Carolina → Every provider in Raleigh → Specialist nationwide →
The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Matthew Flynn, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276121689678336
- Lavanya Nagaraj, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276121922074400
- A. Silvia Ross, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276121447220074
- Sherry Sinclair, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276121467422006
- Nicholas Daniel, PTARaleigh, NC 276131508230558
- Portia Porter, CERTIFIED HAIR LOSSRaleigh, NC 276131073284964
- Susan Pridgen, A.T.C.-LRaleigh, NC 276131306809959
- Meghan Soderblom, MPTRaleigh, NC 276131356489470
Common questions
What is Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D.'s NPI number?
Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275503807, issued on Jan 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3101 John Humphries Wynd, Raleigh, NC, 27612. Phone: (919) 881-8272. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 31789, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D. had 4,970 Medicare Part D claims for 598 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Walter Lawrence Chmelewski, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.