James King Byrd, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Huntsville, AL
James King Byrd, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Huntsville, Alabama, and NPI 1033172408, issued on Apr 7, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 00026682, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James King Byrd
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 00026682 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 420 Lowell Dr SE, Huntsville, AL 35801
- Phone
- (256) 535-5972
- Enumerated
- Apr 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 31, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (256) 535-5954
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050722000815); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine, 2002
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James King Byrd in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 00026682Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
6,044 Medicare Part D claims for 371 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium454 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium398 claims
- Omeprazole213 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate203 claims
- Olmesartan Medoxomil200 claims
- Ezetimibe191 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: $15.17
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
James King Byrd among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
James King Byrd, M.D. is one of 1,705 internal 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 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 207R00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
98 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Huntsville
They are 98 of the 5,555 NPPES records with a practice address in Huntsville, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is James King Byrd, M.D.'s NPI number?
James King Byrd, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033172408, issued on Apr 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James King Byrd, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 420 Lowell Dr SE, Huntsville, AL, 35801. Phone: (256) 535-5972. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James King Byrd, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 00026682, 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 James King Byrd, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James King Byrd, M.D. had 6,044 Medicare Part D claims for 371 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James King Byrd, 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.