William Austin Hester III, M.D.

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207XX0004X

License

60982 Issued in TN

Practice address

6286 Briarcrest Ave Ste 200
Memphis, TN 38120-4023

Phone

(901) 259-1600

Fax

(901) 259-1698

NPI assigned

Apr 16, 2014

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 6

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MS, TN2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

University of Tennessee, HSC, College of Medicine, 2014

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

MSK Group PCGroup PAC ID 4688574262, shared by 10 NPIs, 138 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• St Francis Hospital Hospital, Memphis, TN, CCN 440183
• Baptist Memorial Hospital Hospital, Memphis, TN, CCN 440048

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

75 of 100Reported as group

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

HHS exclusion list flag

Flagged The directory lists this NPI on an HHS exclusion list. The OIG exclusions file (LEIE) holds no record for this NPI, and the directory does not say which list the flag comes from. How exclusions are shown Confirm with the OIG exclusions search.

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: whester34936@mlh.direct-ci.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• MSK Group, PC

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Memphis, TN
  • NPI 1376541409
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• St Jude Children'S Research Hospital, Inc.

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • Memphis, TN
  • NPI 1306335088
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• MSK Group PC

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Southaven, MS
  • NPI 1912303447
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• MSK Group, PC

  • Physical Therapist
  • Southaven, MS
  • NPI 1114793189

  Orthopaedic Surgery

  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Amisub (SFH), Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Memphis, TN
  • NPI 1952326977
  Care Compare affiliation
• Baptist Memorial Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Memphis, TN
  • NPI 1578527172
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "address_1": "6077 PRIMACY PKWY STE 140",
            "city": "MEMPHIS",
            "state": "TN",
            "postal_code": "381195754",
            "telephone_number": "901-259-1673",
            "fax_number": "901-259-7637"
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            "address_1": "7580 Clarington Cv",
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• Daniel Lex Hester III, CRNA
• Jenna McKinnie Hester, M.D.
• Rebecca Hester
• Sheree Antelnette Hester, PHARMD
• Suzanne M Hester, CRNA
• Heather Lindsey Hettinger
• Robert James Heusner, MD
• Kirk Edward Hevener, PHARMD, PHD
• Marianne Elizabeth Hevrdeys, PHARM.D.
• Shampaon K Hewitt

• Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician in Memphis, TN
• Providers in Memphis, TN by specialty
• Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 15, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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