NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

William Clifford Cole, MD

Pulmonary Disease Physician · Lima, OH

William Clifford Cole, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Lima, Ohio, and NPI 1902842768, issued on Jun 21, 2006. Check the license (Ohio 35133203, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1902842768
Name
William Clifford Cole
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
License numbers
35133203 OH
29486 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
770 W High St Ste 240, Lima, OH 45801
Phone
(419) 996-2686
Enumerated
Jun 21, 2006
Record last updated
Jun 13, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(419) 996-2687
Medicaid ID
3818916 TN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180320002609); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
East Tennessee State University Quillen College Of Medicine, 1996
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 770 W High St Ste 240

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Katie Capp, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1093245375
  2. Thomas Maloney, DOCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1174181663
  3. Colby MeulemanFamily Nurse Practitioner1629732102
  4. Allison Neal, CNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1679076038
  5. Eric Neumeier, CNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1376069781
  6. Morgan SandersonPhysician Assistant1326750340

Verify William Clifford Cole in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 56.4 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score65.0
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%49.1
  3. Promoting interoperabilitynot scored (reweighted)
  4. Improvement activities0 of 40 points · 15%0.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $555.78

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genentech USA, Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. William Cole$555.78
  2. Specialty average$5,159.88

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

  1. Mercy Health Physicians Lima Specialty Care LLCLima, OH

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

William Clifford Cole among 659 pulmonary disease physician records in Ohio

William Clifford Cole, MD is one of 659 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 87% 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, 56% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2005 among the 516 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Ohio

There are 659 pulmonary disease physician records in Ohio.

The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Shakeel Bahadur, M.D.Lima, OH 458011144553199
  2. Katie Capp, MDLima, OH 458011093245375
  3. Sreenivasa Chanamolu, M.D,Lima, OH 458011992897680
  4. Sarat Kuchipudi, MDLima, OH 458011295715845
  5. Javier Pere, M.D.Lima, OH 458011588668347
  6. Marc Rovner, M.D.Lima, OH 458011093795668
  7. Mohammad Taleb, M.DLima, OH 458011891928990
  8. Abdul Basit, MDLima, OH 458041578555769

Common questions

What is William Clifford Cole, MD's NPI number?

William Clifford Cole, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902842768, issued on Jun 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is William Clifford Cole, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 770 W High St Ste 240, Lima, OH, 45801. Phone: (419) 996-2686. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify William Clifford Cole, MD's license?

NPPES lists Ohio license number 35133203, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

What is William Clifford Cole, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 56.4 of 100. 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.