Alan W. Brown, M.D.
Ophthalmology Physician · Wilmington, NC
Alan W. Brown, M.D. is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1649278433, issued on Jul 14, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 34565, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alan W. Brown
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 34565 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1717 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, NC 28403
- Phone
- (910) 796-8600
- Enumerated
- Jul 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 2, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (910) 796-8644
- Medicaid ID
- 8918875 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100917001128); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Virginia Commonwealth University, School Of Medicine, 1982
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Alan W. Brown in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 34565Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
422 Medicare Part D claims for 184 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisolone Acetate125 claims
- Moxifloxacin66 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine62 claims
- Tobramycin15 claims
- Potassium Chloride12 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,450.99
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was RxSight Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Surgical Eye Care PAWilmington, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alan W. Brown among 688 ophthalmology physician records in North Carolina
Alan W. Brown, M.D. is one of 688 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2004 among the 463 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 688 ophthalmology physician records in North Carolina.
All 688 in North Carolina → Every provider in Wilmington → Ophthalmology Physician nationwide →
The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Susan Andracchi, MDWilmington, NC 284031205835915
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- Christopher Covington, D.O.Wilmington, NC 284031093836215
- Richard Hawkins, MDWilmington, NC 284031437236114
- Mary Hoffman, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031760477806
- Travis Jenkins, MDWilmington, NC 284031174842363
- Kathleen Leone, MD FACSWilmington, NC 284031306937768
- Thomas Maloy, MDWilmington, NC 284031073604526
Common questions
What is Alan W. Brown, M.D.'s NPI number?
Alan W. Brown, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649278433, issued on Jul 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alan W. Brown, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1717 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, NC, 28403. Phone: (910) 796-8600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alan W. Brown, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 34565, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Alan W. Brown, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alan W. Brown, M.D. had 422 Medicare Part D claims for 184 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Alan W. Brown, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.