William Joseph Kowal, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Albany, NY
William Joseph Kowal, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Albany, New York, and NPI 1669464889, issued on Aug 16, 2005. Check the license (New York 213032, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Joseph Kowal
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 213032 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1444 Western Ave Ste B1, Albany, NY 12203
- Phone
- (518) 458-8014
- Enumerated
- Aug 16, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 01944449 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040907000227); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine, 1995
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1444 Western Ave Ste B1
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Angela Arnouk, NPNurse Practitioner1861899882
- Hannah Caron, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1023977683
- Brittany Conrad, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1891624656
- Laura McMillen, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1215598693
- Donna Nolan, DOInternal Medicine Physician1649776311
- Schyler Smith, PA-CPhysician Assistant1346972098
Verify William Joseph Kowal in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 213032Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,498 Medicare Part D claims for 425 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 88 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium239 claims
- Losartan Potassium198 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate174 claims
- Omeprazole143 claims
- Simvastatin114 claims
- Lisinopril107 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: $929.00
54 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates, P.C.Albany, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Joseph Kowal among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
William Joseph Kowal, M.D. is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% 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, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
158 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Albany
They are 158 of the 8,230 NPPES records with a practice address in Albany, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is William Joseph Kowal, M.D.'s NPI number?
William Joseph Kowal, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669464889, issued on Aug 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Joseph Kowal, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1444 Western Ave Ste B1, Albany, NY, 12203. Phone: (518) 458-8014. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Joseph Kowal, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 213032, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does William Joseph Kowal, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Joseph Kowal, M.D. had 3,498 Medicare Part D claims for 425 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.