James Richard Gewin, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
James Richard Gewin, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1497751127, issued on Jun 27, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 10526, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Richard Gewin
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 10526 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3140A Cahaba Heights RD, Birmingham, AL 35243
- Phone
- (205) 967-9248
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (205) 967-7125
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100215000090); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Richard Gewin in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 10526Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
11,995 Medicare Part D claims for 717 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 392 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium554 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium522 claims
- Losartan Potassium416 claims
- Gabapentin398 claims
- Clonazepam397 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate351 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,310.92
74 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Affinity Physician Services, LLCBirmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Richard Gewin among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
James Richard Gewin, MD 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
487 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 487 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is James Richard Gewin, MD's NPI number?
James Richard Gewin, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497751127, issued on Jun 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Richard Gewin, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3140A Cahaba Heights RD, Birmingham, AL, 35243. Phone: (205) 967-9248. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Richard Gewin, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 10526, 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 Richard Gewin, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Richard Gewin, MD had 11,995 Medicare Part D claims for 717 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Richard Gewin, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.5 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.