Gail Smith Westhoven, M.D.
Dermatology Physician · Birmingham, AL
Gail Smith Westhoven, M.D. is a dermatology physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1528054319, issued on Sep 27, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 00022419, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gail Smith Westhoven
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Dermatology Physician 207N00000X
- License number
- 00022419 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1401 Edwards Lake RD., Birmingham, AL 35235
- Phone
- (205) 853-3960
- Enumerated
- Sep 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 10, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 853-3966
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100624000309); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Gail Smith Westhoven in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 00022419Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average dermatology physician in 2024
2,065 Medicare Part D claims for 796 beneficiaries, against an average of 797 among the 12,802 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Doxycycline Monohydrate372 claims
- Ketoconazole245 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide201 claims
- Betamethasone Dipropionate150 claims
- Hydrocortisone146 claims
- Valacyclovir141 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $15.49
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 10,250 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,544.61 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
- Gail S Westhoven PCBirmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dermatology Physician providers in Alabama
There are 171 dermatology physician records in Alabama.
Other dermatology physician records in Alabama
- Matthew Abele, M.D.Birmingham, AL1255387585
- Chante Aksut, MDHoover, AL1942696232
- Amena Alkeswani, M.D.Hoover, AL1962023556
- Angel Allen, M.D.Foley, AL1780664409
- Amy Ananth, M.D.Foley, AL1053601252
- John Anthony, M.D.Montgomery, AL1184790479
- Melanie Appell, MDBirmingham, AL1568492775
- Robert Ash, MDDothan, AL1720073885
- Joseph Backe, MDDecatur, AL1649237363
- Erin Bardin, MDFairhope, AL1871785279
Common questions
What is Gail Smith Westhoven, M.D.'s NPI number?
Gail Smith Westhoven, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528054319, issued on Sep 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gail Smith Westhoven, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1401 Edwards Lake RD., Birmingham, AL, 35235. Phone: (205) 853-3960. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gail Smith Westhoven, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 00022419, 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 Gail Smith Westhoven, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gail Smith Westhoven, M.D. had 2,065 Medicare Part D claims for 796 beneficiaries; the average among dermatology physician prescribers was 797. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gail Smith Westhoven, 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.