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Dr. Garrett Risley, MD

Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
8
In the NPI registry since
2019
Medicare patients seen, 2024
618

Licensed in Texas since 2023, according to the Texas Medical Board. We show license dates only for the states that publish them in bulk; see which states do. For other states, check the state medical board.

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2019Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Emergency Medicine Physician primary
    TX license U2741 (first issued 2023; active)
  • Family Medicine Physician
    IA license R-11438

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Emergency Medicine per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
618
Services billed
779
Patients’ average age
74
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making377363
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only129125
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making107106
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes3535
Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)1414
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making1414

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Medicare prescriptions

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated October 23, 2023), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1598328858. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.