Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Dickson, TN
Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Dickson, Tennessee, and NPI 1205878220, issued on Jun 12, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 32001, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter Earnest Stephens
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 32001 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 Creekside Dr, Dickson, TN 37055
- Phone
- (615) 441-6140
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 2, 2025
- Fax
- (615) 441-6190
- Medicaid IDs
- 3847386 TN
3847380 TN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040505001703); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 200 Creekside Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jeffrey Kauppi, PAMedical Physician Assistant1720081821
- Jessica Lane, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1124687785
- Kennedi Louth, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1427703594
Verify Walter Earnest Stephens in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 32001Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
14,713 Medicare Part D claims for 911 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 447 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium908 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate609 claims
- Lisinopril504 claims
- Omeprazole495 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium492 claims
- Gabapentin390 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): 78.5 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: $1,894.77
110 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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 2 group practices
- Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PCGoodlettsville, TN
- Select Physical Therapy Holdings IncClarksville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Walter Earnest Stephens among 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee
Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D. is one of 2,674 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 81% 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 17% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 1,685 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 207Q00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
16 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Dickson
They are 16 of the 588 NPPES records with a practice address in Dickson, and 2,674 family medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Sujay Kumar Kannamangala Chandrashekar, MDDickson, TN 370551417079393
- Deline Kirubanathan, MDDickson, TN 370551083031355
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- John Morse, MDDickson, TN 370551497758445
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Common questions
What is Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D.'s NPI number?
Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205878220, issued on Jun 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 Creekside Dr, Dickson, TN, 37055. Phone: (615) 441-6140. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 32001, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D. had 14,713 Medicare Part D claims for 911 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Walter Earnest Stephens, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.5 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.