Edwin Keith Matthews, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Decatur, AL
Edwin Keith Matthews, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Decatur, Alabama, and NPI 1316965908, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 25048, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edwin Keith Matthews
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 25048 AL
00025048 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2422 Danville Road, Decatur, AL 35603
- Phone
- (256) 355-9040
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (256) 355-9048
- Medicaid IDs
- 630105060 AL
529402090 AL - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100526000795); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2422 Danville Road
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Edwin Keith Matthews in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 25048Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,634 Medicare Part D claims for 624 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 92 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium510 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium306 claims
- Montelukast Sodium272 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate266 claims
- Omeprazole266 claims
- Gabapentin259 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: $2,117.66
134 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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
- Gill Family Medicine, P.C.Decatur, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edwin Keith Matthews among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama
Edwin Keith Matthews, MD 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 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2005 among the 1,346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 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).
28 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Decatur
They are 28 of the 1,185 NPPES records with a practice address in Decatur, and 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Edwin Keith Matthews, MD's NPI number?
Edwin Keith Matthews, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316965908, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edwin Keith Matthews, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2422 Danville Road, Decatur, AL, 35603. Phone: (256) 355-9040. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edwin Keith Matthews, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 25048, 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 Edwin Keith Matthews, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edwin Keith Matthews, MD had 10,634 Medicare Part D claims for 624 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.