NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

William A. Smith, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Germantown, TN

William A. Smith, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Germantown, Tennessee, and NPI 1972595189, issued on Aug 16, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 18933, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1972595189
Name
William A. Smith
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
18933 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7691 Poplar Ave, Germantown, TN 38138
Phone
(901) 516-6970
Enumerated
Aug 16, 2005
Record last updated
Dec 28, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
3894028 TN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040714001512); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine, 1987
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 7691 Poplar Ave

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

  1. Bailey AppleNurse Practitioner1457281164
  2. Cynthia Bedford, ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1023357860
  3. Phani Borra, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1841796505
  4. Lauren Brewer, ANPFamily Nurse Practitioner1326422502
  5. Georgia Brown, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1093580896
  6. Thomas Carruth, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1972023943

Verify William A. Smith 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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11% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

201 Medicare Part D claims for 123 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 64 claims were for opioids.

  1. William Smith201
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen49 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Germantown Emergency Physicians, PLLCGermantown, TN

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

William A. Smith among 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee

William A. Smith, 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
  • Graduated1987 · median 2012 among the 667 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2007 · 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).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Tennessee

There are 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Benjamin Bowman, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381205031390
  2. Tripp Dargie, MDGermantown, TN 381381396746269
  3. Yuen-Yee Fong, DOGermantown, TN 381381801813985
  4. Cassandra Howard, MDGermantown, TN 381381124029970
  5. Ashwini Jha, MDGermantown, TN 381381861493835
  6. Darren Johnson, MDGermantown, TN 381381164452223
  7. Timothy Long, MDGermantown, TN 381381235130097
  8. Robert Rayder, MDGermantown, TN 381381700886926

Common questions

What is William A. Smith, MD's NPI number?

William A. Smith, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972595189, issued on Aug 16, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is William A. Smith, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7691 Poplar Ave, Germantown, TN, 38138. Phone: (901) 516-6970. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify William A. Smith, MD's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 18933, 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 A. Smith, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, William A. Smith, MD had 201 Medicare Part D claims for 123 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is William A. Smith, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.