NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM

Foot Surgery Podiatrist · Guntersville, AL

Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM is a foot surgery podiatrist with a practice address in Guntersville, Alabama, and NPI 1265543524, issued on Aug 31, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 171, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1265543524
Name
Gerard A. Skaziak
Credential
DPM
Primary taxonomy
Foot Surgery Podiatrist 213ES0131X
License number
171 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1604 Blount Ave, Guntersville, AL 35976
Phone
(256) 582-7486
Enumerated
Aug 31, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 7, 2023
Fax
(256) 582-9844
Medicaid ID
000078853 (5738) AL
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050504000421); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Temple University School Of Podiatric Medicine, 1995
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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37% more Medicare Part D claims than the average foot surgery podiatrist in 2024

489 Medicare Part D claims for 227 beneficiaries, against an average of 358 among the 1,032 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 63 claims were for opioids.

  1. Gerard Skaziak489
  2. Specialty average358

Most prescribed

  1. Ciclopirox124 claims
  2. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen53 claims
  3. Cephalexin52 claims
  4. Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim40 claims
  5. Nabumetone31 claims
  6. Ssd31 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: $193.45

9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 731 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,811.30 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Gerard Skaziak$193.45
  2. Specialty average$1,811.30

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Gerard A. Skaziak among 40 foot surgery podiatrist records in Alabama

Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM is one of 40 foot surgery podiatrist records with a practice address in Alabama. 78% 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 18% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 33% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
  • Graduated1995 · median 1995 among the 27 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 213ES0131X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Foot Surgery Podiatrist providers in Alabama

There are 40 foot surgery podiatrist records in Alabama.

The 8 foot surgery podiatrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ernest Seckel, DPMGuntersville, AL 359761851454243
  2. Robson Araujo, DPMAlbertville, AL 359501548232374
  3. Jean Pratt, DPMGadsden, AL 359031700269123
  4. Michael Chmielewski, DPMGadsden, AL 359011457417693
  5. Shannon Deaton, DPMGadsden, AL 359011629134861
  6. Brooke Gorham, D.P.M.Gadsden, AL 359011295907087
  7. John Vanore, DPMGadsden, AL 359011467518605
  8. Silvia Garcia-Lavin, DPMPrattville, AL 360661528076023

Common questions

What is Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM's NPI number?

Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265543524, issued on Aug 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1604 Blount Ave, Guntersville, AL, 35976. Phone: (256) 582-7486. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM's license?

NPPES lists Alabama license number 171, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM had 489 Medicare Part D claims for 227 beneficiaries; the average among foot surgery podiatrist prescribers was 358. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Gerard A. Skaziak, DPM'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.