Dr. William E. Franklin, DO

Dr. Franklin practices at Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital Downtown in Bakersfield, California, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Franklin's NPI, 1497702492, was assigned on May 27, 2006. Dr. Franklin graduated from Des Moines University in 1994. Dr. Franklin holds California license 20A10997.

Dr. Franklin's primary practice is Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital Downtown, at 2215 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301 in Kern County. The practice phone is (661) 632-5000.

Dr. Franklin's primary practice is Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital Downtown in Bakersfield, California, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Franklin is also affiliated with Adventist Health Bakersfield. The medical group on file is Vituity. Dmand AI also links Dr. Franklin to 1 more hospital and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Franklin practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Emergency medicine is Dr. Franklin's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Franklin is board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Franklin's licenses on file in 7 states: California, Texas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

CMS data shows 476 Medicare services from Dr. Franklin across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 344 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $46,687 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 344 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Franklin in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 132 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 67% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.71, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Franklin's median patient age at 52, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Franklin wrote 260 Medicare Part D claims for 184 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 161 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,124 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 30 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Franklin for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Franklin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Franklin. Dr. Franklin's most frequent co-author is Michael Kulick, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 36 general payments to Dr. Franklin from 5 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $353.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Franklin, most recently FAAEM in 2014.

Dr. Franklin graduated from Des Moines University in 1994. Dr. Franklin is a member of AAEM, ACEP, American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, AMA, AOA and CMA.

Dr. Franklin is in network with 15 carriers, including United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Aetna. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.