William Earl Whissell, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Atlanta, GA
William Earl Whissell, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Atlanta, Georgia, and NPI 1881603553, issued on Aug 5, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 048006, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Earl Whissell
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 048006 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- The Center For Health And Rehabilitation, Atlanta, GA 30312
- Phone
- (404) 665-8600
- Enumerated
- Aug 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 16, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify William Earl Whissell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 048006Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
3,514 Medicare Part D claims for 262 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Benztropine Mesylate255 claims
- Olanzapine241 claims
- Risperidone239 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl205 claims
- Invega Sustenna194 claims
- Divalproex Sodium Er166 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $935.57
43 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
William Earl Whissell among 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia
William Earl Whissell, MD is one of 1,291 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 40% of these records are
- Record last updated2019 · 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 2084P0800X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
358 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Atlanta
They are 358 of the 31,476 NPPES records with a practice address in Atlanta, and 1,291 psychiatry physician records in Georgia.
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Common questions
What is William Earl Whissell, MD's NPI number?
William Earl Whissell, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881603553, issued on Aug 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Earl Whissell, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at The Center For Health And Rehabilitation, Atlanta, GA, 30312. Phone: (404) 665-8600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Earl Whissell, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 048006, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does William Earl Whissell, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Earl Whissell, MD had 3,514 Medicare Part D claims for 262 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.