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2026 NPPES data Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician NPI 1174743223 MD
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Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in Mobile, Alabama.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 859 in Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) 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.
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Prescribing volume
4K
Medicare Part D claims · 619 beneficiaries · Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician avg: 1K
Generic prescribing
0%
generic claims · 58% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
83.7/100
▲ 1 pts above national avg 83.1 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$238.42
14 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2023
Compiled from official public sources by the PlainDoctor editorial team.
What the federal data shows
Donald Bedsole, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 83.7/100 - above the 83.1 national average - and filed 3,851 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.
- 83.7/100
- MIPS score · +1 vs avg
- 4K
- Part D claims, 2023
- 0%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
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.
Donald Bedsole, MD's MIPS score vs every scored U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure
84 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 477,587 scored providers
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored 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.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Donald Bedsole, MD sits
This provider among sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician peers
Across the 295 sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Donald Bedsole, MD writes more Part D claims than 89% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 45% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile
Each dot is one sleep medicine (internal medicine) physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Donald Bedsole, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Donald Bedsole, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - 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 Donald Bedsole, MD?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
Medicare Part D claims
3,851 194% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
83.7/100 0.6 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Alabama
How Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician compares to other specialties among Alabama providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Donald Bedsole, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 83.7/100
- vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year
MIPS final score (Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician) - 83.7/100 vs national avg 83.1
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).
Donald Bedsole, MD appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician provider holding MD credentials at 5955 AIRPORT BLVD, Mobile, AL, 36608, with a listed phone of (251) 633-0573. NPI 1174743223 was issued on 04/30/2007.
Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 3,851 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 619 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $1.8 million in drug spend, split 58% brand-name and 0% generic by claim count. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 83.7/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 90, Cost 64), compared with the national average of 83.1.
Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician is a narrow specialty nationwide, with 859 enrolled providers across 52 states and an average of 1,310 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline.
Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist, always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1174743223 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 04/30/2007 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
83.6999
Final Score
Avg: 83.1
90
Quality
63.9998
Cost
Reporting: Individual
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Donald Bedsole, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Pulmonary Associates OF Mobile PC
Mobile, AL
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
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 Donald Bedsole, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$238
Largest payer
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
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.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Brand-heavy
Donald Bedsole, MD - brand share 58.0%
Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician average
58% brand-name claims vs 0% generic, on 3,851 2023 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.
3,851
Total Claims
$1.8M
Total Drug Cost
619
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 4,901
- Total Day Supply
- 135,147
- Brand vs Generic
- 58% brand / 0% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $1.7M
- Antibiotic Claims
- 293
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.0 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.74
- Gender Split
- 59% female / 41% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 92, 65-74: 285, 75-84: 186, 85+: 56
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Donald Bedsole, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023
- Trelegy Ellipta
Trelegy Ellipta
829 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate …
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa
611 claims
- Breo Ellipta
Breo Ellipta
349 claims
- Prednisone 226
Prednisone
226 claims
- Azithromycin 216
Azithromycin
216 claims
- Spiriva Respimat 140
Spiriva Respimat
140 claims
- Anoro Ellipta 132
Anoro Ellipta
132 claims
- Symbicort 120
Symbicort
120 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Trelegy Ellipta Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 829 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa Albuterol Sulfate | 611 |
| Breo Ellipta Fluticasone/Vilanterol | 349 |
| Prednisone | 226 |
| Azithromycin | 216 |
| Spiriva Respimat Tiotropium Bromide | 140 |
| Anoro Ellipta Umeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 132 |
| Symbicort Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 120 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 116 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 111 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
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Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician Overview
How Donald Bedsole, MD fits within the Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician landscape nationally.
859
Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician Providers in US
52
States with Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
1,310
Avg Claims per Provider
Donald Bedsole, MD's 3,851 claims are above the specialty average of 1,310.
Nearby Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician Providers in Alabama
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Alabama, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Bedsole.
Dr. Eduardo Bazan Lavanda
MD
Athens, AL
Dr. Wendy Davidson
MD
Fairhope, AL
Dr. Robert Doekel
M.D.
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Edsel Holden
MD
Florence, AL
Dr. Weddington Kelley
MD
Birmingham, AL
Compare Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Donald Bedsole, MD's specialty? ▼
Donald Bedsole, MD specializes in Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician and practices in Mobile, Alabama. Credentials: MD.
How much does Donald Bedsole, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Donald Bedsole, MD wrote 3,851 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1.8M in drug costs for 619 beneficiaries.
What is Donald Bedsole, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Donald Bedsole, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 83.7/100 (Quality: 90, Cost: 64). The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Donald Bedsole, MD located? ▼
Donald Bedsole, MD is located at 5955 AIRPORT BLVD, Mobile, AL, 36608. Phone: (251) 633-0573.
What is Donald Bedsole, MD's NPI number? ▼
Donald Bedsole, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174743223, issued on 04/30/2007.
Does Donald Bedsole, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Donald Bedsole, MD's prescribing is 58% brand-name and 0% generic drugs by claim count, with $1.7M in brand drug costs.
How many Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 859 Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers across 52 states in the US. The average Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician provider writes 1,310 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Donald Bedsole, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Donald Bedsole, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Trelegy Ellipta, Albuterol Sulfate Hfa, Breo Ellipta. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Donald Bedsole, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Donald Bedsole, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 3,851 Part D claims and 619 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Donald Bedsole, MD's credentials? ▼
Donald Bedsole, MD's NPI is 1174743223 with credentials MD. 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 (2023). 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 April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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