NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

William H. Rittenberry, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Memphis, TN

William H. Rittenberry, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Memphis, Tennessee, and NPI 1942201058, issued on Aug 10, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 31035, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1942201058
Name
William H. Rittenberry
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
31035 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3960 New Covington Pike, Memphis, TN 38128
Phone
(901) 516-5211
Enumerated
Aug 10, 2005
Record last updated
Sep 23, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
3877087 TN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100525000817); accepts Medicare assignment
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 3960 New Covington Pike

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

  1. Emmanuel Agapos, MDInternal Medicine Physician1245298132
  2. Oluwatoyin Agbaosi, M.DInternal Medicine Physician1265675201
  3. Deloris Allen, APNRegistered Nurse1184626020
  4. Tracie Augusta, PH.D., DNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1669564845
  5. Benjamin Baker, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1093959306
  6. Katherine Blount, M.A., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1790170686

Verify William H. Rittenberry in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
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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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2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

516 Medicare Part D claims for 296 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 80 claims were for opioids.

  1. William Rittenberry516
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Prednisone43 claims
  2. Levofloxacin42 claims
  3. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen41 claims
  4. Ondansetron Odt36 claims
  5. Tramadol Hcl35 claims
  6. Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro28 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

  1. Southeastern Emergency Physicians LLCWinchester, TN

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

William H. Rittenberry among 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee

William H. Rittenberry, MD is one of 1,174 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 83% 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, 95% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated1997 · median 2012 among the 667 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2016 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

134 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Memphis

They are 134 of the 12,794 NPPES records with a practice address in Memphis, and 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Benjamin Baker, M.D.Memphis, TN 381281093959306
  2. Clyde Brown, MDMemphis, TN 381281063414902
  3. William Burch, MDMemphis, TN 381281518969468
  4. David Cauley, MDMemphis, TN 381281629079702
  5. Roy Dement, MDMemphis, TN 381281861493959
  6. Lawrence Gross, MDMemphis, TN 381281780686642
  7. Suresh Kari, MDMemphis, TN 381281205814274
  8. Leonard Lamsen, M.D.Memphis, TN 381281902006257

Common questions

What is William H. Rittenberry, MD's NPI number?

William H. Rittenberry, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942201058, issued on Aug 10, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is William H. Rittenberry, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3960 New Covington Pike, Memphis, TN, 38128. Phone: (901) 516-5211. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify William H. Rittenberry, MD's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 31035, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does William H. Rittenberry, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, William H. Rittenberry, MD had 516 Medicare Part D claims for 296 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.