Dr. William A. Smith JR., MD
Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine Physician)
- Medicare participating
At a glance
- Medical school
- University of Mississippi School of Medicine (1987)
- Years since graduation
- 39
- In the NPI registry since
- 2005
- Medicare patients seen, 2024
- 544
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. NPIs were first issued in May 2005 and became required on claims in 2007–2008, so an early date usually means the clinician was already in practice before then. What an NPI is
Education and training
- 1987Medical school: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
- 2005Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date) — NPIs began in 2005, so practice likely started earlier
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
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Emergency Medicine Physician primary
TN license 18933
As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.
Where they work
Hospitals
- Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis, TN
Medical groups
- Germantown Emergency Physicians, PLLC (32 clinicians)
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
- 544
- Services billed
- 868
- Patients’ average age
- 76
| Service | Times | Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 607 | 586 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 378 | 351 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 172 | 171 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 51 | 51 |
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
| Drug | Prescriptions |
|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen (hydrocodone/acetaminophen) Other prescribers in Germantown, TN | 49 |
Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.
Industry-funded research
Named as a principal investigator on 1 industry-funded study in 2025, from 1 company. The companies reported $4,007 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.
- A phase i, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and biomarkers of DONQ52 in celiac disease patients
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.