Joel C. Bolen, MD
Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Montgomery, AL
Joel C. Bolen, MD is a geriatric medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Montgomery, Alabama, and NPI 1063576130, issued on Dec 21, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 20157, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel C. Bolen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RG0300X
- License number
- 20157 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1230 Carmichael Way, Montgomery, AL 36106
- Phone
- (334) 277-7665
- Enumerated
- Dec 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 25, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (334) 277-7142
- Medicaid ID
- 000036956 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100607000864); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joel C. Bolen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 20157Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
8.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average geriatric medicine (internal medicine) physician in 2024
34,313 Medicare Part D claims for 1,222 beneficiaries, against an average of 4,246 among the 3,116 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 3,635 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen1,828 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate1,573 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,034 claims
- Gabapentin964 claims
- Losartan Potassium916 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl737 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: $387.76
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Eisai Inc. The 1,004 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,720.82 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
- Geriatric Associates OF Montgomery, PCMontgomery, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joel C. Bolen among 42 geriatric medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Alabama
Joel C. Bolen, MD is one of 42 geriatric medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 71% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2001 among the 22 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RG0300X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in Alabama
There are 42 geriatric medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Alabama.
All 42 in Alabama → Every provider in Montgomery → Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician nationwide →
The 8 geriatric medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jaehneth Ewell-Taylor, M.D.Tuskegee, AL 360831568564292
- Shalini Goswami, M.D.Prattville, AL 360661730290693
- Malavika Shah, M.D.Walnut Grove, AL 359901639129430
- Igor Bidikov, MDHeflin, AL 362641649247545
- Juanita Heersink, M.D.Dothan, AL 363051659661874
- Rodney Holladay, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011881679488
- Catherine Lumb, MDHuntsville, AL 358011962962985
- Linnea Pepper, MDHuntsville, AL 358011114313863
Common questions
What is Joel C. Bolen, MD's NPI number?
Joel C. Bolen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063576130, issued on Dec 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel C. Bolen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1230 Carmichael Way, Montgomery, AL, 36106. Phone: (334) 277-7665. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel C. Bolen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 20157, 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 Joel C. Bolen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel C. Bolen, MD had 34,313 Medicare Part D claims for 1,222 beneficiaries; the average among geriatric medicine (internal medicine) physician prescribers was 4,246. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joel C. Bolen, MD'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.