Daniel Josef Shults, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
Daniel Josef Shults, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1154944627, issued on May 19, 2020. Check the license (Alabama 3141, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Daniel Josef Shults
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 3141 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5720 1St Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35212
- Phone
- (205) 380-9455
- Enumerated
- May 19, 2020
- Record last updated
- May 19, 2023
- Fax
- (205) 838-6078
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20241204001806); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Lincoln Mem Univ, Debusk Col Of Osteopathic Med, 2020
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Daniel Josef Shults in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 3141Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,068 Medicare Part D claims for 150 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium78 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate51 claims
- Gabapentin47 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate38 claims
- Levetiracetam29 claims
- Pregabalin26 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: $208.10
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, 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
- Memorial Health Partners Foundation, IncChattanooga, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Daniel Josef Shults among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama
Daniel Josef Shults, DO 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 2020, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 85% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2005 among the 1,346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
181 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 181 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Daniel Josef Shults, DO's NPI number?
Daniel Josef Shults, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154944627, issued on May 19, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Daniel Josef Shults, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5720 1St Ave S, Birmingham, AL, 35212. Phone: (205) 380-9455. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Daniel Josef Shults, DO's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 3141, 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 Daniel Josef Shults, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Daniel Josef Shults, DO had 1,068 Medicare Part D claims for 150 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.