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Eric Vessels, M.D.

Anesthesiology Physician in Glasgow, Kentucky. This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers — including 56,398 in Anesthesiology 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
7K
Medicare Part D claims · 1K beneficiaries · Anesthesiology Physician avg: 860
Generic prescribing
96%
generic claims · 4% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
75/100
▼ 8 pts below national avg 83.1 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$1.1K
19 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Compiled from official public sources by the PlainDoctor editorial team.

What the federal data shows

Eric Vessels, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 75/100 — below the 83.1 national average — and filed 6,885 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

75/100
MIPS score · -8 vs avg
7K
Part D claims, 2023
96%
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.

Eric Vessels, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every scored U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023 — the federal quality measure

75 15th percentile higher than 15% of 477,587 scored providers

0–10: 8,684 scored providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 scored providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 118,074 scored providers (25%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 129,887 scored providers (27%). Above this entry. 90–100: 189,403 scored providers (40%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every MIPS-scored clinician, bucketed by value

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 Eric Vessels, M.D. sits

This provider among anesthesiology physician peers

Across the 1,666 anesthesiology physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Eric Vessels, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 95% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 22% — 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

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality0255075100024.148.372.496.6Part D claim volume — percentile in specialtyMIPS quality — percentilePart D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality — percentile: 85Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality — percentile: 47Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality — percentile: 62Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 68 · MIPS quality — percentile: 22Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality — percentile: 55Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality — percentile: 57Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 67 · MIPS quality — percentile: 17Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality — percentile: 5Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality — percentile: 3Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality — 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— percentile: 88Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality — percentile: 20Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality — percentile: 23Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 87 · MIPS quality — percentile: 23Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality — percentile: 58Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality — percentile: 70Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality — percentile: 40Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality — percentile: 23Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality — percentile: 60Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality — percentile: 78Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality — percentile: 72Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality — percentile: 72Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality — percentile: 48Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 93 · MIPS quality — percentile: 90Eric Vessels, M.D. — Part D claim volume — percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality — percentile: 22
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

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

Board certification likely (heuristic — not verified)

Eric Vessels, M.D. 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 Eric Vessels, M.D.?

Below national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 03/25/2009

NPI 1033351820

Primary specialty

Anesthesiology Physician

High-volume

56,398 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

6,885 vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 860

MIPS final score

75/100 8.1 pts vs avg

Above neutral band

vs 83.1 national avg

Specialty distribution in Kentucky

How Anesthesiology Physician compares to other specialties among Kentucky providers

Kentucky providers

Largest specialties in Kentucky (% of in-state providers)

Family Nurse Practitioner — 5.9%Family Nurse Practitioner5.9%Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program — 5.2%Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program5.2%Pharmacist — 4.8%Pharmacist4.8%Mental Health Counselor — 4.6%Mental Health Counselor4.6%Clinical Social Worker — 4.1%Clinical Social Worker4.1%Physical Therapist — 3.7%Physical Therapist3.7%Anesthesiology Physician — 0.8%Anesthesiology Physician0.8%
Largest specialties in Kentucky (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance — MIPS

Eric Vessels, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Anesthesiology Physician national average

Below national average
MIPS Final Score
75/100
vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year

MIPS final score (Anesthesiology Physician) — 75/100 vs national avg 83.1

0%100%National avg83%75%
MIPS final score (Anesthesiology Physician) — 75/100 vs national avg 83.1

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).

Eric Vessels, M.D. appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Anesthesiology Physician provider holding M.D. credentials at 1216 N RACE ST, Glasgow, KY, 42141, with a listed phone of (270) 745-7246. NPI 1033351820 was issued on 03/25/2009. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what Vessels most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 6,885 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 1,282 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $390K in drug spend, split 4% brand-name and 96% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 63.5%. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 75/100 for the 2023 performance year, compared with the national average of 83.1.

Anesthesiology Physician is a high-volume specialty nationwide, with 56,398 enrolled providers across 56 states and an average of 860 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

1216 N RACE ST
Glasgow, KY 42141

Provider Details

NPI 1033351820
Specialty Anesthesiology Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Male
NPI Issued 03/25/2009

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

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

75
Final Score
Avg: 83.1

Reporting: Group practice

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Eric Vessels, M.D. 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.

Commonwealth Pain Associates PLLC
Elizabethtown, KY

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 Eric Vessels, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$1.1K

Largest payer

SI-BONE, 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 · Generic-heavy

Eric Vessels, M.D. — brand share 4.0%
Anesthesiology Physician average

4% brand-name claims vs 96% generic, on 6,885 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.

6,885
Total Claims
$390K
Total Drug Cost
1,282
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
7,040
Total Day Supply
200,002
Brand vs Generic
4% brand / 96% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$182K
Generic Drug Cost
$208K
Opioid Claims
4,373 (63.5% rate)

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
66.0 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.47
Gender Split
58% female / 42% male
Age Distribution
<65: 520, 65-74: 507, 75-84: 217, 85+: 38

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Eric Vessels, M.D. prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2023
Drug Claims
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen
1,718
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen
1,382
Gabapentin
1,210
Oxycodone Hcl
461
Morphine Sulfate Er
Morphine Sulfate
283
Pregabalin
256
Tizanidine Hcl
224
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl
127
Fentanyl
119
Baclofen
93

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

Anesthesiology Physician Overview

How Eric Vessels, M.D. fits within the Anesthesiology Physician landscape nationally.

56,398
Anesthesiology Physician Providers in US
56
States with Anesthesiology Physician
860
Avg Claims per Provider

Eric Vessels, M.D.'s 6,885 claims are above the specialty average of 860.

Nearby Anesthesiology Physician Providers in Kentucky

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

Compare Anesthesiology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Before you book an appointment

Use this federal record as your verification checklist, not as a recommendation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Eric Vessels, M.D.'s specialty?
Eric Vessels, M.D. specializes in Anesthesiology Physician and practices in Glasgow, Kentucky. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Eric Vessels, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2023, Eric Vessels, M.D. wrote 6,885 Medicare Part D claims totaling $390K in drug costs for 1,282 beneficiaries.
What is Eric Vessels, M.D.'s Medicare quality score?
Eric Vessels, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 75/100. The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Eric Vessels, M.D. located?
Eric Vessels, M.D. is located at 1216 N RACE ST, Glasgow, KY, 42141. Phone: (270) 745-7246.
What is Eric Vessels, M.D.'s NPI number?
Eric Vessels, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033351820, issued on 03/25/2009.
Does Eric Vessels, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs?
Eric Vessels, M.D.'s prescribing is 4% brand-name and 96% generic drugs by claim count, with $182K in brand drug costs.
Does Eric Vessels, M.D. prescribe opioids?
Yes, Eric Vessels, M.D. had 4,373 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 63.5%.
How many Anesthesiology Physician providers are there in the US?
There are 56,398 Anesthesiology Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Anesthesiology Physician provider writes 860 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Eric Vessels, M.D. prescribe most often?
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Eric Vessels, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Gabapentin. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Eric Vessels, M.D. accept Medicare?
Eric Vessels, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 6,885 Part D claims and 1,282 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Eric Vessels, M.D.'s credentials?
Eric Vessels, M.D.'s NPI is 1033351820 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

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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Compiled from official public sources by the PlainDoctor editorial team.