William Lewis Packer, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Smithfield, NC
William Lewis Packer, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Smithfield, North Carolina, and NPI 1518428457, issued on Mar 25, 2019. Check the license (North Carolina 2022-02344, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Lewis Packer
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 2022-02344 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 509 N Brightleaf Blvd, Smithfield, NC 27577
- Phone
- (919) 938-7189
- Enumerated
- Mar 25, 2019
- Record last updated
- Dec 1, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221212000934); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify William Lewis Packer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2022-02344Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
547 Medicare Part D claims for 187 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone30 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate28 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate24 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate22 claims
- Furosemide22 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass21 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- North Carolina MG LLCSmithfield, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Lewis Packer among 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina
William Lewis Packer, MD is one of 989 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 83% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2010 among the 836 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Smithfield
They are 14 of the 727 NPPES records with a practice address in Smithfield, and 989 hospitalist physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is William Lewis Packer, MD's NPI number?
William Lewis Packer, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518428457, issued on Mar 25, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Lewis Packer, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 509 N Brightleaf Blvd, Smithfield, NC, 27577. Phone: (919) 938-7189. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Lewis Packer, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2022-02344, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does William Lewis Packer, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Lewis Packer, MD had 547 Medicare Part D claims for 187 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.