2026 NPPES data Internal Medicine Physician NPI 1801152152 M.D.
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JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician in ABILENE, Texas. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System profile including specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare prescribing data when reported.

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Prescribing volume
21K
Medicare Part D claims · 1K beneficiaries · Internal Medicine Physician avg: 3K
Generic prescribing
89%
generic claims · 11% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
73.6942/100
▼ 9 pts below national avg 83.1 · [object Object]
Industry payments
$160.57
3 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)

What the federal data shows

JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 73.6942/100 — below the 83.1 national average — and filed 21,407 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

73.6942/100
MIPS score · -9 vs avg
21K
Part D claims, 2023
89%
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.

JEFFREY EDWARDS, 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

74 11th percentile higher than 11% 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

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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Board certification likely (heuristic — not verified)

JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 2 hospital affiliations — 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 JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.?

Below national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 04/11/2012

NPI 1801152152

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine Physician

High-volume

172,858 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

21,407 688% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 2,716

MIPS final score

73.6942/100 9.4058% pts

Mid-tier band

vs 83.1 national avg

Specialty distribution in Texas

How Internal Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among Texas providers

Texas providers

Internal Medicine Physician share within Texas

1. Internal Medicine Physician42%2. Internal medicine21%3. Family medicine17%4. Surgical12%5. Pediatric8%
Internal Medicine Physician share within Texas

Medicare quality performance — MIPS

JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Internal Medicine Physician national average

Below national average
MIPS Final Score
73.6942/100
vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year

MIPS final score (Internal Medicine Physician) — 73.6942/100 vs national avg 83.1

0%100%National avg83%73.7%
MIPS final score (Internal Medicine Physician) — 73.6942/100 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).

JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Internal Medicine Physician provider holding M.D. credentials at 5302 BUFFALO GAP ROAD, ABILENE, TX, 79606, with a listed phone of (325) 307-6226. NPI 1801152152 was issued on 04/11/2012. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what EDWARDS 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 21,407 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 1,355 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $1.8 million in drug spend, split 11% brand-name and 89% generic by claim count, with an opioid prescribing rate of 2.4%. 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 73.6942/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 94.1759, Cost 18.9713), compared with the national average of 83.1.

Internal Medicine Physician is a high-volume specialty nationwide, with 172,858 enrolled providers across 56 states and an average of 2,716 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

5302 BUFFALO GAP ROAD
ABILENE, TX 79606

Provider Details

NPI 1801152152
Specialty Internal Medicine Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Male
NPI Issued 04/11/2012

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

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

73.6942
Final Score
Avg: 83.1
94.1759
Quality
18.9713
Cost
99
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Individual

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where JEFFREY EDWARDS, 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.

HENDRICK PROVIDER NETWORK
ABILENE, TX
THE WEST TEXAS REHABILITATION CENTER
ABILENE, TX

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 JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$161

Largest payer

Abbott Laboratories

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.

License & disciplinary context — Texas TMB 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only — NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 — they are NOT specific to JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.. To verify JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases

TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical

JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. — brand share 11.0%
Specialty average (est.)

11% brand-name claims vs 89% generic, on 21,407 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.

21,407
Total Claims
$1.8M
Total Drug Cost
1,355
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
47,716
Total Day Supply
1,405,442
Brand vs Generic
11% brand / 89% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$1.4M
Generic Drug Cost
$386K
Opioid Claims
517 (2.4% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
274

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
75.4 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.25
Gender Split
59% female / 41% male
Age Distribution
<65: 83, 65-74: 565, 75-84: 508, 85+: 199

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

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

What JEFFREY EDWARDS, 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
Atorvastatin Calcium
1,117
Levothyroxine Sodium
1,064
Pantoprazole Sodium
849
Amlodipine Besylate
728
Losartan Potassium
702
Lisinopril
694
Montelukast Sodium
645
Metformin Hcl
449
Tramadol Hcl
437
Rosuvastatin Calcium
383

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

Internal Medicine Physician Overview

How JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. fits within the Internal Medicine Physician landscape nationally.

172,858
Internal Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Internal Medicine Physician
2,716
Avg Claims per Provider

JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s 21,407 claims are above the specialty average of 2,716.

Nearby Internal Medicine Physician Providers in Texas

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

Compare Internal Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s specialty?
JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. specializes in Internal Medicine Physician and practices in ABILENE, Texas. Credentials: M.D..
How much does JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2023, JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. wrote 21,407 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1.8M in drug costs for 1,355 beneficiaries.
What is JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s Medicare quality score?
JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 73.6942/100 (Quality: 94.1759, Cost: 18.9713). The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. located?
JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. is located at 5302 BUFFALO GAP ROAD, ABILENE, TX, 79606. Phone: (325) 307-6226.
What is JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s NPI number?
JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801152152, issued on 04/11/2012.
Does JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs?
JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s prescribing is 11% brand-name and 89% generic drugs by claim count, with $1.4M in brand drug costs.
Does JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. prescribe opioids?
Yes, JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. had 517 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 2.4%.
How many Internal Medicine Physician providers are there in the US?
There are 172,858 Internal Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Internal Medicine Physician provider writes 2,716 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. prescribe most often?
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Atorvastatin Calcium, Levothyroxine Sodium, Pantoprazole Sodium. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. accept Medicare?
JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 21,407 Part D claims and 1,355 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s credentials?
JEFFREY EDWARDS, M.D.'s NPI is 1801152152 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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