Dr. William R. Hobbs, MD

Dr. Hobbs practices at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Clinic Services - Douglas - HOPD in Tyler, Texas.

Dr. Hobbs' NPI, 1063486462, was assigned on February 14, 2006. Dr. Hobbs graduated from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1993. Dr. Hobbs holds Texas license L2940.

Dr. Hobbs' primary practice is CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Clinic Services - Douglas - HOPD, at 520 Douglas Blvd, Tyler, TX 75702.

Dr. Hobbs' primary practice is CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Clinic Services - Douglas - HOPD in Tyler, Texas. Dr. Hobbs is also affiliated with CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler. The medical group on file is CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hobbs to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency, 1 urgent care center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Hobbs' employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hobbs practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Hobbs' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Hobbs is board certified in orthopaedic sports medicine by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Hobbs' licenses on file in 4 states: Texas, Tennessee, Vermont and Maryland.

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, hand joint or tendon inflammation, joint arthropathy, joint pain and knee arthroscopy among the conditions Dr. Hobbs treats.

CMS data shows 1,002 Medicare services from Dr. Hobbs across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 396 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $170,379 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 396 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hobbs in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 217 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.13, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hobbs' median patient age at 67, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Hobbs wrote 722 Medicare Part D claims for 248 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 686 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $4,981 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 568 claims across 8 drugs.

Dr. Hobbs accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 117 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Hobbs, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Hobbs in 2012. Dr. Hobbs' most frequent co-author is Michael Lee Linenberger.

CMS Open Payments shows 163 general payments to Dr. Hobbs from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 60% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $15,106.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Hobbs, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Hobbs graduated from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1993.

Dr. Hobbs is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.