William Lyle Watkins, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · North Wilkesboro, NC
William Lyle Watkins, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and NPI 1447243704, issued on Aug 23, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 9800412, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Lyle Watkins
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9800412 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1916 W Park Dr, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
- Phone
- (336) 716-2255
- Enumerated
- Aug 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (336) 903-2908
- Medicaid ID
- 891213Q NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091021000224); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Hahnemann University College Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1916 W Park Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify William Lyle Watkins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9800412Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
13,119 Medicare Part D claims for 737 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 66 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium815 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate764 claims
- Losartan Potassium676 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate672 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium599 claims
- Lisinopril571 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
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesNorth Wilkesboro, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Lyle Watkins among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
William Lyle Watkins, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% 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, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
8 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in North Wilkesboro
They are 8 of the 415 NPPES records with a practice address in North Wilkesboro, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is William Lyle Watkins, MD's NPI number?
William Lyle Watkins, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447243704, issued on Aug 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Lyle Watkins, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1916 W Park Dr, North Wilkesboro, NC, 28659. Phone: (336) 716-2255. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Lyle Watkins, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9800412, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does William Lyle Watkins, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Lyle Watkins, MD had 13,119 Medicare Part D claims for 737 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.