Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD
Specialist · Sheffield, AL
Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD is a specialist with a practice address in Sheffield, Alabama, and NPI 1326013558, issued on Feb 21, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 17451, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Albert Lynn Ridgeway
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 17451 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 342 Cox Blvd, Sheffield, AL 35660
- Phone
- (256) 383-4473
- Enumerated
- Feb 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 9, 2022
- Fax
- (256) 381-5232
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080423000017); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Albert Lynn Ridgeway in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license 17451Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
1,305 Medicare Part D claims for 288 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims. 28 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta91 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa50 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate44 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium42 claims
- Gabapentin32 claims
- Methylphenidate Hcl30 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: $955.97
48 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Shoals Primary Care, LLCSheffield, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Albert Lynn Ridgeway among 545 specialist records in Alabama
Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD is one of 545 specialist records with a practice address in Alabama. 42% 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 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 42% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 1991 among the 160 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 82% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 specialist records list a practice address in Sheffield
They are 6 of the 197 NPPES records with a practice address in Sheffield, and 545 specialist records in Alabama.
All 545 in Alabama → Every provider in Sheffield → Specialist nationwide →
The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Filomeno Gapultos, M.D.Sheffield, AL 356601700995065
- Frederick Holcomb, M.D.Sheffield, AL 356601477523272
- Kenneth Lemaster, M.D.Sheffield, AL 356601871568063
- Mark Smith, M.D.Sheffield, AL 356601396715843
- Michael Yordy, M.D.Sheffield, AL 356601730159112
- James Meckes, M.D.Muscle Shoals, AL 356611508831215
- Colin Martin, PTRussellville, AL 356531639103450
- Patricia WilliamsonHartselle, AL 356401366873424
Common questions
What is Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD's NPI number?
Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326013558, issued on Feb 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 342 Cox Blvd, Sheffield, AL, 35660. Phone: (256) 383-4473. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 17451, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD had 1,305 Medicare Part D claims for 288 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Albert Lynn Ridgeway, MD'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.