William R. Shepard, DO
Surgery Physician · South Lake Tahoe, CA
William R. Shepard, DO is a surgery physician with a practice address in South Lake Tahoe, California, and NPI 1427310895, issued on Jun 12, 2012. Check the license (California 20A16448, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William R. Shepard
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 20A16448 CA
DO2454 NV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1139 3RD St, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
- Phone
- (530) 543-5691
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2012
- Record last updated
- Aug 28, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (530) 542-2872
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190110000492); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1139 3RD St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify William R. Shepard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A16448Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
58 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $62.80
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Barton Medical FoundationSouth Lake Tahoe, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William R. Shepard among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
William R. Shepard, DO is one of 3,118 surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 73% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 73% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.
All 3,118 in California → Every provider in South Lake Tahoe → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kimberly Evans, MDSouth Lake Tahoe, CA 961501457518946
- Gregory Eyre, MDSouth Lake Tahoe, CA 961501154328011
- Stephen OsterbergSouth Lake Tahoe, CA 961501457814071
- Howard Boone, M.D.Truckee, CA 961611174629893
- Ellen Cooper, MDTruckee, CA 961611003920596
- Lawrence Danto, M.D.Truckee, CA 961611427166974
- David Kitts, M.D.Truckee, CA 961611265430946
- Arthur Schwartz, M.D.Susanville, CA 961301518047083
Common questions
What is William R. Shepard, DO's NPI number?
William R. Shepard, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427310895, issued on Jun 12, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William R. Shepard, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1139 3RD St, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 96150. Phone: (530) 543-5691. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William R. Shepard, DO's license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A16448, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does William R. Shepard, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William R. Shepard, DO had 58 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is William R. Shepard, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.7 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.