Rectal DiseasesColorectal Neoplasms
Dr. William R. Harlan III, MD
NPI1003806043PAC ID6002846995
- Medicare services, 2024
- 5,551
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 530
- Part D claims, 2024
- 866
- Publications
- 1
- Clinical trials
- 9
- Practice address
- 191 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
- Practice phone
- Call (828) 254-0881
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Digestive Health Partners - Biltmore Office
Asheville, North Carolina
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Dr. William R. Harlan III is a gastroenterologist in Asheville, North Carolina
Dr. Harlan practices at Digestive Health Partners - Biltmore Office in Asheville, North Carolina.
Dr. Harlan's NPI, 1003806043, was assigned on October 21, 2005. Dr. Harlan graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1991. Dr. Harlan holds North Carolina license 9300487.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1003806043NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6002846995
- NPI enumeration date
- October 21, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (828) 254-0881
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 61
- Medical school graduation
- 1991
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. William R. Harlan III practices at Digestive Health Partners - Biltmore Office in Asheville, North Carolina
Dr. Harlan's primary practice is Digestive Health Partners - Biltmore Office, at 191 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 in Buncombe County. The practice phone is (828) 254-0881.
- Digestive Health Partners - Biltmore Office191 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 · Buncombe CountyPhone(828) 254-0881
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. William R. Harlan III is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Harlan's primary practice is Digestive Health Partners - Biltmore Office in Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. Harlan is also affiliated with Mission Hospital. The medical group on file is Digestive Health Partners (DHP). Dmand AI also links Dr. Harlan to 4 more hospitals and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.
Digestive Health Partners - Biltmore OfficePrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. William R. Harlan III's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Harlan practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Digestive Health Partners - Biltmore Office | Available with a free account |
| +6 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. William R. Harlan III is one of 590 gastroenterologists in North Carolina
Gastroenterology is Dr. Harlan's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Harlan is licensed in North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Gastroenterology, North CarolinaPrimary
Gastroenterologists near Dr. Harlan
Counts of gastroenterologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. William R. Harlan III billed Medicare for 5,551 services in 2024
CMS data shows 5,551 Medicare services from Dr. Harlan across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 530 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $175,948 for them.
Medicare services, 20245,551
Medicare patients530
Paid by Medicare$175,948
Procedure codes22
Dr. Harlan's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 7,0532024: 4,25040%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,2152024: 87328%
- Surgery
- 2023: 4132024: 33918%
- Other services
- 2023: 552024: 509%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 622024: 3937%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 542024: 0100%
Where Dr. Harlan's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office5,05991%
- In a facility4929%
Dr. Harlan compared with the North Carolina median for gastroenterologists, 2024
- Dr. Harlan
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 5,551vs 43812.7 times
- Medicare patients
- 530vs 26898% above
- Part D claims
- 667vs 40266% above
Medians across 567 gastroenterologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Harlan's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. William R. Harlan III treated 530 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 530 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Harlan in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 262 patients. 74% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Harlan's median patient age at 66, with 58% women.
Medicare patients, 2024530
Average age73
Average risk score1.35
Also on Medicaid7%
Dr. Harlan's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Harlan's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women30558%
- Men22542%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Harlan's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol74%
- High blood pressure70%
- Arthritis48%
- Mood disorders34%
- Depression32%
- Anxiety30%
- Ischemic heart disease27%
- Diabetes26%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Harlan's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 66
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women58%
- Men42%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. William R. Harlan III wrote 866 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Harlan wrote 866 Medicare Part D claims for 283 patients. 67% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 667 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,288,362 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 803 claims across 17 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024866
Drugs named by CMS20
Total drug cost$1.3M
Part D patients283
Dr. Harlan's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic579 claims67%
- Brand-name and other287 claims33%
Dr. Harlan's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Harlan's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics3%27 of 866 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 8032024: 66717%
Drugs named by CMS: 20 in 2024, 17 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. William R. Harlan III scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Harlan for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Harlan accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 144 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Harlan, more than 88% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Harlan's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 90of 100Final score
- 77.7of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Harlan ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Colonoscopy
- 88th percentile144 procedures
- Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
- 82nd percentile133 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. William R. Harlan III has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Harlan in 2015. Dr. Harlan's most frequent co-authors are Michael Thomas Bennett, MD, Reem H. Ghalib, MD and Norman Gitlin, MD.
Papers1
Dr. Harlan's most frequent co-authors
- Michael Thomas Bennett, MD1 shared paper
- Reem H. Ghalib, MD1 shared paper
- Norman Gitlin, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Harlan
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. William R. Harlan III has worked on 9 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Harlan to 9 clinical trials. 2 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Rectal Diseases, Colorectal Neoplasms and Colitis, Ulcerative. Exact Sciences Corporation sponsors the most, 5. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Harlan that name 1 trial.
Conditions in Dr. Harlan's trials
- Rectal Diseases
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Colitis, Ulcerative
- Colitis
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Harlan
- Xavier Llor, MD6 shared trials
- Don E. Brinberg, MD5 shared trials
- Andrew B. Cummins, MD5 shared trials
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Harlan
VERDICT: In actiVE Ulcerative Colitis, a RanDomIzed Controlled Trial for Determination of the Optimal Treatment Target (opens in a new tab)
Active, not recruitingPhase 4
Colitis, UlcerativeColitisTreatment Algorithm ATreatment Algorithm BTreatment Algorithm C
Rectal DiseasesColorectal Neoplasms
Rectal DiseasesColorectal Neoplasms
Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. William R. Harlan III received $11,827 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 166 general payments to Dr. Harlan from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 54% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $4,861. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $1,015 in 2023, naming 1 clinical trial.
General payments to Dr. Harlan by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Harlan by kind, 2016 to 2025
$11.8Kin total
- Food and beverage$6,37354%
- Consulting fees$2,96925%
- Travel and lodging$2,44821%
- Education$360%
Companies that paid Dr. Harlan the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. William R. Harlan III graduated from Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Harlan graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1991.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. William R. Harlan III's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | Dmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. William R. Harlan III's NPI number?
Dr. William R. Harlan III's NPI number is 1003806043. It was assigned on October 21, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. William R. Harlan III?
Dr. William R. Harlan III is a gastroenterologist in Asheville, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).
Where does Dr. William R. Harlan III practice?
Dr. Harlan practices at 191 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801. Dr. Harlan's primary practice is Digestive Health Partners - Biltmore Office in Asheville, North Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Harlan to 4 hospitals and 1 ambulatory surgery center.
What is Dr. William R. Harlan III's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Harlan is (828) 254-0881.
What is Dr. William R. Harlan III's medical license number?
Dr. Harlan holds North Carolina license 9300487.
Which hospitals is Dr. William R. Harlan III affiliated with?
Dr. Harlan is affiliated with Mission Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Harlan to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. William R. Harlan III part of?
Dr. Harlan is linked to Digestive Health Partners (DHP).
Does Dr. William R. Harlan III accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Harlan billed Medicare for 5,551 services in 2024, and Dr. Harlan accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. William R. Harlan III's MIPS score?
Dr. Harlan's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
How many Medicare patients does Dr. William R. Harlan III see?
CMS counts 530 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Harlan in 2024, with an average age of 73.
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What services does Dr. William R. Harlan III bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Harlan's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3380), injected or infused drug (J1745) and care management and other visits (99439).
Where did Dr. William R. Harlan III go to medical school?
Dr. Harlan graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1991.
What drugs does Dr. William R. Harlan III prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Harlan's most prescribed drugs by claims were Omeprazole, Famotidine and Gavilyte-G.
Has Dr. William R. Harlan III received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $11,827 in general payments to Dr. Harlan from 25 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
How long has Dr. William R. Harlan III been practicing?
Dr. Harlan graduated from medical school in 1991, 35 years ago.
Does Dr. William R. Harlan III do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Harlan. Dr. Harlan has worked on 9 clinical trials.
Who does Dr. William R. Harlan III publish with?
Dr. Harlan's most frequent co-authors are Michael Thomas Bennett, MD (1 shared paper), Reem H. Ghalib, MD (1 shared paper) and Norman Gitlin, MD (1 shared paper).
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