Walter Rios, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Garland, TX
Walter Rios, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Garland, Texas, and NPI 1205865722, issued on Jun 30, 2006. Check the license (Texas L5110, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter Rios
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- L5110 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2601 Forest LN, Garland, TX 75042
- Phone
- (972) 272-1632
- Enumerated
- Jun 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 25, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (972) 272-5220
- Medicaid IDs
- 157971601 TX
157971602 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040611001136); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2601 Forest LN
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Walter Rios in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L5110Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,870 Medicare Part D claims for 584 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.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium180 claims
- Metformin Hcl144 claims
- Lisinopril131 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium122 claims
- Losartan Potassium106 claims
- Gabapentin96 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $387.45
22 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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
- Centerwell Senior Primary Care TX PADallas, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Walter Rios among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Walter Rios, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 51% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
85 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Garland
They are 85 of the 1,925 NPPES records with a practice address in Garland, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Walter Rios, MD's NPI number?
Walter Rios, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205865722, issued on Jun 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter Rios, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2601 Forest LN, Garland, TX, 75042. Phone: (972) 272-1632. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter Rios, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L5110, 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 Rios, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Walter Rios, MD had 2,870 Medicare Part D claims for 584 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions 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.