William Asher Childers, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Wheeling, WV
William Asher Childers, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Wheeling, West Virginia, and NPI 1487965737, issued on Jul 1, 2010. Check the license with the West Virginia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Asher Childers
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 32 20TH St Ste 500, Wheeling, WV 26003
- Phone
- (304) 218-2023
- Enumerated
- Jul 1, 2010
- Record last updated
- Sep 18, 2025
- Fax
- (304) 218-2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200107001688); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify William Asher Childers in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich West Virginia board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,467 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Buspirone Hcl115 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone90 claims
- Mirtazapine86 claims
- Clonazepam83 claims
- Sertraline Hcl81 claims
- Bupropion Xl75 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: $493.84
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Park Valley Behavioral Health Care, PLLCWheeling, WV
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Asher Childers among 1,145 physician assistant records in West Virginia
William Asher Childers, PA-C is one of 1,145 physician assistant records with a practice address in West Virginia. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 35% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 35% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2016 among the 710 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a West Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
74 physician assistant records list a practice address in Wheeling
They are 74 of the 1,774 NPPES records with a practice address in Wheeling, and 1,145 physician assistant records in West Virginia.
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Common questions
What is William Asher Childers, PA-C's NPI number?
William Asher Childers, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487965737, issued on Jul 1, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Asher Childers, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 32 20TH St Ste 500, Wheeling, WV, 26003. Phone: (304) 218-2023. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Asher Childers, PA-C's license?
Search the West Virginia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does William Asher Childers, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Asher Childers, PA-C had 1,467 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.