Edward Alston Otts, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Mobile, AL
Edward Alston Otts, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Mobile, Alabama, and NPI 1467871533, issued on Apr 15, 2014. Check the license (Alabama 38413, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edward Alston Otts
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 38413 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1700 Spring Hill Ave Ste 400, Mobile, AL 36604
- Phone
- (251) 438-4440
- Enumerated
- Apr 15, 2014
- Record last updated
- Aug 15, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190924002246); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Edward Alston Otts in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 38413Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
35% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
95 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 65 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen59 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11 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: $7,349.16
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Imc-Cancer Surgery OF Mobile, LLCMobile, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edward Alston Otts among 445 surgery physician records in Alabama
Edward Alston Otts, M.D. is one of 445 surgery physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 75% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2003 among the 290 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
71 surgery physician records list a practice address in Mobile
They are 71 of the 6,309 NPPES records with a practice address in Mobile, and 445 surgery physician records in Alabama.
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- Richard Rieske, M.D.Mobile, AL 366041720511017
- Mark WardMobile, AL 366041235635921
- Barry Ballard, M.D.Mobile, AL 366071881987014
- Jeffrey Hannon, M.D.Mobile, AL 366071922026822
- Daniel Lane, M.D.Mobile, AL 366071669494191
Common questions
What is Edward Alston Otts, M.D.'s NPI number?
Edward Alston Otts, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467871533, issued on Apr 15, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edward Alston Otts, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1700 Spring Hill Ave Ste 400, Mobile, AL, 36604. Phone: (251) 438-4440. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edward Alston Otts, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 38413, 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 Edward Alston Otts, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edward Alston Otts, M.D. had 95 Medicare Part D claims for 75 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Edward Alston Otts, M.D.'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.