William Louis Rice, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Tupelo, MS
William Louis Rice, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Tupelo, Mississippi, and NPI 1598735177, issued on Jan 25, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 12462, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Louis Rice
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 12462 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4381 S Eason Blvd, Tupelo, MS 38801
- Phone
- (662) 840-5747
- Enumerated
- Jan 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 30, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (662) 840-5856
- Medicaid ID
- 00117095 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100312000772); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Nashville Medical Department, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4381 S Eason Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify William Louis Rice in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 12462Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $83.04
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- North Mississippi Medical Center Services LLCTupelo, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Louis Rice among 197 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Mississippi
William Louis Rice, M.D. is one of 197 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 80% 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 · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2005 among the 131 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
18 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a practice address in Tupelo
They are 18 of the 2,315 NPPES records with a practice address in Tupelo, and 197 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Mississippi.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Chad Altmyer, MDTupelo, MS 388011952494718
- Bryan Fagan, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011669683405
- Eric Lewis, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011043229990
- F. Massey, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011649292053
- Taylor Mathis, MDTupelo, MS 388011053622498
- Clyde Phillips, MDTupelo, MS 388011679571491
- William Pillow, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011659306124
- Rowland Roberson, MDTupelo, MS 388011619139474
Common questions
What is William Louis Rice, M.D.'s NPI number?
William Louis Rice, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598735177, issued on Jan 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Louis Rice, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4381 S Eason Blvd, Tupelo, MS, 38801. Phone: (662) 840-5747. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Louis Rice, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 12462, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.