William Madison Harper, M.D.
Specialist · Columbus, GA
William Madison Harper, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Columbus, Georgia, and NPI 1518960707, issued on May 23, 2005. Check the license (Georgia 020726, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Madison Harper
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 020726 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1021 Talbotton RD, Columbus, GA 31904
- Phone
- (706) 324-7700
- Enumerated
- May 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (706) 596-5810
- Medicaid ID
- 00272984E GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031120000346); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1021 Talbotton RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jennifer Applewhite, FNP-BC, GNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1023166428
- Linda Vrooman, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1841627775
Verify William Madison Harper in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
Search for license 020726Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average specialist in 2024
3,806 Medicare Part D claims for 936 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 87 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl968 claims
- Finasteride587 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl178 claims
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er155 claims
- Solifenacin Succinate146 claims
- Myrbetriq115 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,116.12
50 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Urology Center OF Columbus, LLCColumbus, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Madison Harper among 845 specialist records in Georgia
William Madison Harper, M.D. is one of 845 specialist records with a practice address in Georgia. 34% 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, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 34% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 21% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 1989 among the 175 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 81% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Specialist providers in Georgia
There are 845 specialist records in Georgia.
All 845 in Georgia → Every provider in Columbus → Specialist nationwide →
The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Devonte AverettColumbus, GA 319041518555846
- Zulfiquar Bhatti, M.D.Columbus, GA 319041720180227
- Henry Brooks, M.D.Columbus, GA 319041578512703
- Fred Burdette, M.D.Columbus, GA 319041508814054
- Rajinder Chhokar, M.D.Columbus, GA 319041215039714
- Norman Goldman, M.D.Columbus, GA 319041548535644
- Melissa Jones, BS - HUMAN SERVICESColumbus, GA 319041932741154
- Edward Matthews, D.O.Columbus, GA 319041346344355
Common questions
What is William Madison Harper, M.D.'s NPI number?
William Madison Harper, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518960707, issued on May 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Madison Harper, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1021 Talbotton RD, Columbus, GA, 31904. Phone: (706) 324-7700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Madison Harper, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 020726, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does William Madison Harper, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Madison Harper, M.D. had 3,806 Medicare Part D claims for 936 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is William Madison Harper, M.D.'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.