Alan Pernick, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Tuscaloosa, AL
Alan Pernick, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and NPI 1578664215, issued on Sep 26, 2006. Check the license (Alabama L-2631, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alan Pernick
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- L-2631 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 850 5TH Ave E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
- Phone
- (205) 348-1770
- Enumerated
- Sep 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 7, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 348-7216
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080318000052); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Alan Pernick in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license L-2631Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,557 Medicare Part D claims for 453 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 113 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam132 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium127 claims
- Gabapentin115 claims
- Tramadol Hcl101 claims
- Prednisone93 claims
- Cefdinir68 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $150.63
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Doctors Med Care OF Gadsden, P.C.Gadsden, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alan Pernick among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama
Alan Pernick, MD is one of 1,996 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2005 among the 1,346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
139 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Tuscaloosa
They are 139 of the 2,313 NPPES records with a practice address in Tuscaloosa, and 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Alan Pernick, MD's NPI number?
Alan Pernick, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578664215, issued on Sep 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alan Pernick, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 850 5TH Ave E, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401. Phone: (205) 348-1770. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alan Pernick, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number L-2631, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Alan Pernick, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alan Pernick, MD had 2,557 Medicare Part D claims for 453 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.