William Scott Boston, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Springfield, IL
William Scott Boston, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Springfield, Illinois, and NPI 1215971197, issued on Jun 15, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036108377, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Scott Boston
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 036108377 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 701 N 1St St, Springfield, IL 62781
- Phone
- (217) 788-3156
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2023
- Medicaid ID
- 0361083771 IL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040924000480); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern Illinois University School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify William Scott Boston in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036108377Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
129 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin26 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): 80.8 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).
Bills Medicare through 4 group practices
- Hillsboro Area Hospital, Inc.Hillsboro, IL
- Rosebud Indian Health ServiceRosebud, SD
- Sanburg Emergency Group, P.C.Carlinville, IL
- Winnebago Tribe OF NebraskaWinnebago, NE
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Scott Boston among 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois
William Scott Boston, M.D. is one of 3,291 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 80% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 68% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2012 among the 1,867 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
126 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Springfield
They are 126 of the 4,997 NPPES records with a practice address in Springfield, and 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is William Scott Boston, M.D.'s NPI number?
William Scott Boston, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215971197, issued on Jun 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Scott Boston, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 701 N 1St St, Springfield, IL, 62781. Phone: (217) 788-3156. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Scott Boston, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036108377, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does William Scott Boston, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Scott Boston, M.D. had 129 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is William Scott Boston, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.8 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.