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Dewitt Charles Fortenberry, MD

NPI 1114960473ActiveIndividual· General Practice· Texarkana, TX

General Practice (MD) in Texarkana, Texas, trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (class of 1990). In 2024 Medicare paid $305,265 for 385 patients, and Part D covered 3,482 of their prescriptions, 80% of them generic. Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2024, $47.59 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1114960473
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI issuedJun 14, 2006
Last updated in NPPESSep 17, 2023
Certified by providerSep 17, 2023

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
General Practice Primary208D00000XL8691TX
Emergency Medicine207P00000XL8691TX

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Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Internal Medicine (TX)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients385
Services billed3,612 across 10 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$305,265

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)3,482 · 3,539 30-day fills
Patients193
Total drug cost$351,227
Generic share80% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Graduation year1990
Medicare specialtyInternal Medicine

Hospital affiliations

Other facilities

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2024$47.59 · 2 payments from 2 companies

Top paying companies in 2024

CompanyAmountPayments
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC$24.561
Smith+nephew, Inc.$23.031

What the 2024 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$47.59 · 2 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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