William L. Short, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Abilene, KS
William L. Short, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Abilene, Kansas, and NPI 1841300340, issued on Aug 30, 2006. Check the license (Kansas 0427779, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William L. Short
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 0427779 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1111 N Brady St, Abilene, KS 67410
- Phone
- (785) 263-4131
- Enumerated
- Aug 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 19, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (785) 263-1634
- Medicaid ID
- 100367770A KS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050406000563); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1111 N Brady St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify William L. Short in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 0427779Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,917 Medicare Part D claims for 436 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 328 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium394 claims
- Lisinopril351 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium271 claims
- Furosemide269 claims
- Simvastatin194 claims
- Omeprazole192 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $138.65
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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 2 group practices
- Hospital District NO 1 OF Dickinson County KansasAbilene, KS
- Salina Regional Health Center IncSalina, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
10 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Abilene
They are 10 of the 81 NPPES records with a practice address in Abilene, and 1,970 family medicine physician records in Kansas.
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Common questions
What is William L. Short, MD's NPI number?
William L. Short, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841300340, issued on Aug 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William L. Short, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1111 N Brady St, Abilene, KS, 67410. Phone: (785) 263-4131. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William L. Short, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 0427779, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does William L. Short, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William L. Short, MD had 6,917 Medicare Part D claims for 436 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is William L. Short, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.