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2026 NPPES data Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician NPI 1437339454 M.D.
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Brent Adcox, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician in Homer, Alaska.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 1,825 in Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
905
Medicare Part D claims · 270 beneficiaries · Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician avg: 380
MIPS score
84/100
▲ 0 pts above national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$115.34
3 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
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Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

What the federal data shows

Brent Adcox, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 84/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 905 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

84/100
MIPS score · +0 vs avg
905
Part D claims, 2024
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)
≥39th
pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Brent Adcox, M.D.

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1437339454), first enumerated 11/07/2007.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 905 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 84/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Board certification signal

    Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.

    Source: NUCC taxonomy + CMS participation heuristic

  • Reported

    Industry payment transparency

    $115.34 in reported industry payments (3 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.

    Source: CMS Open Payments

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1437339454 · Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician

NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-NARROW · MIPS-INLINE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1437339454
  • ENUM-MID 2007
  • TAX-NARROW 1,825
  • MIPS-INLINE 84/100
  • RX-LIGHT 905
  • BOOK-THIN 7 in Alaska
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geoffrey Kaung, MD · ±0.1

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Brent Adcox, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

84 ≥ 39th percentile 39% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). This entry sits in this band. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Brent Adcox, M.D. sits

This provider among orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician peers

Across the 562 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Brent Adcox, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 88% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 56% - placing this provider in the high-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

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D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 68Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 63Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 62 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 37Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 18Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 7 · MIPS quality, percentile: 92Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 22 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 33Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 97 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Brent Adcox, M.D., Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 56
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Brent Adcox, M.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

Brent Adcox, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Brent Adcox, M.D.?

Near national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 11/07/2007

NPI 1437339454

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician

Niche

1,825 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

905 138% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 380

MIPS final score

84/100 0.5 pts vs avg

Above neutral band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Alaska

How Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician compares to other specialties among Alaska providers

Alaska providers
Community Health Worker7.8%Mental Health Counselor7.6%Case Manager/Care Coordinator6.1%Behavior Technician4.8%Registered Nurse4.7%Counselor4.2%Orthopaedic Surgery of the S…0%
Largest specialties in Alaska (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Brent Adcox, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician national average

Near national average
MIPS Final Score
84/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%84%
MIPS final score (Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician) - 84/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

4201 BARTLETT ST STE 201
Homer, AK 99603
(907) 235-0310

Provider Details

NPI 1437339454
Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Male
NPI Issued 11/07/2007

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

83.9807
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
70.874
Quality
100
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Individual

Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Brent Adcox, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$115

Largest payer

Stryker Corporation

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

905
Total Claims
$11K
Total Drug Cost
270
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
1,123.933
Total Day Supply
26,838
Generic Drug Cost
$10K
Opioid Claims
193 (21.3% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
40

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
73.2 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
0.75
Gender Split
57% female / 43% male
Age Distribution
<65: 11, 65-74: 147, 75-84: 100, 85+: 12

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Brent Adcox, M.D. prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2024
Drug Claims
Diclofenac Sodium
 362
Methocarbamol
 113
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen
82
Gabapentin
 56
Tramadol Hcl
 56
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen
47
Celecoxib
 30
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav
22
Prednisone
 21
Calcitonin-Salmon
Calcitonin,salmon,synthetic
16

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

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Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Overview

How Brent Adcox, M.D. fits within the Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician landscape nationally.

1,825
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Providers in US
51
States with Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician
380
Avg Claims per Provider

Brent Adcox, M.D.'s 905 claims are above the specialty average of 380.

Nationwide Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Adcox, both outside Alaska so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (84 here).

Geoffrey Kaung 84.1 DC Tae Shin 83.9 CA Joseph Maslak 84.2 MI Michael Gordon 83.6 CA

Same NPPES enumeration year (2007)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Beck McAllister Clemmons, NC Joseph Graham St Augustine, FL Praveen Perni Carmel, IN Todd Jackman Edina, MN

Nearby Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Providers in Alaska

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Alaska, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Adcox.

One of 7 Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician providers enrolled in Alaska, 5 are shown here.

Dr. John Andreshak
M.D.
Soldotna, AK
Dr. Iain Elliott
M.D.
Anchorage, AK
Dr. Gene Falkowski
D.O.
Anchorage, AK
Dr. Mark Flanum
M.D.
Anchorage, AK
Dr. Davis Peterson
M.D.
Anchorage, AK

Compare Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Brent Adcox, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Brent Adcox, M.D. specializes in Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician and practices in Homer, Alaska. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Brent Adcox, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Brent Adcox, M.D. wrote 905 Medicare Part D claims totaling $11K in drug costs for 270 beneficiaries.
What is Brent Adcox, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Brent Adcox, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 84/100 (Quality: 70.9). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Brent Adcox, M.D. located? ▼
Brent Adcox, M.D. is located at 4201 BARTLETT ST STE 201, Homer, AK, 99603. Phone: (907) 235-0310.
What is Brent Adcox, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Brent Adcox, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437339454, issued on 11/07/2007.
Does Brent Adcox, M.D. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Brent Adcox, M.D. had 193 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 21.3%.
How many Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 1,825 Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician providers across 51 states in the US. The average Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician provider writes 380 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Brent Adcox, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Brent Adcox, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Diclofenac Sodium, Methocarbamol, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Brent Adcox, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Brent Adcox, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 905 Part D claims and 270 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Brent Adcox, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Brent Adcox, M.D.'s NPI is 1437339454 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.