Walter Q. Wang, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Arlington, VA
Walter Q. Wang, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Arlington, Virginia, and NPI 1578544862, issued on Nov 14, 2005. Check the license (Virginia 0101234485, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter Q. Wang
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License numbers
- 0101234485 VA
226224 MA
MD037768 DC
D0068111 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 611 S Carlin Springs RD, Arlington, VA 22204
- Phone
- (703) 639-4455
- Enumerated
- Nov 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 21, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (703) 462-8331
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101216000112); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Walter Q. Wang in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101234485Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
20% more Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
1,821 Medicare Part D claims for 445 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 34% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost592 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol172 claims
- Lumigan144 claims
- Timolol Maleate119 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate115 claims
- Ofloxacin99 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: $40.21
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Medstar Medical Group II LLCLeonardtown, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Walter Q. Wang among 592 ophthalmology physician records in Virginia
Walter Q. Wang, MD is one of 592 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2000 among the 381 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Virginia
There are 592 ophthalmology physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Walter Q. Wang, MD's NPI number?
Walter Q. Wang, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578544862, issued on Nov 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter Q. Wang, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 611 S Carlin Springs RD, Arlington, VA, 22204. Phone: (703) 639-4455. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter Q. Wang, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101234485, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Walter Q. Wang, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Walter Q. Wang, MD had 1,821 Medicare Part D claims for 445 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Walter Q. Wang, MD'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.