Joel Christian Milligan, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Guntersville, AL
Joel Christian Milligan, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Guntersville, Alabama, and NPI 1093829640, issued on Aug 19, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 23625, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Christian Milligan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 23625 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2337 Homer Clayton Dr, Guntersville, AL 35976
- Phone
- (256) 582-5131
- Enumerated
- Aug 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 3, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (256) 582-1100
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100616000766); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2337 Homer Clayton Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Joshua Bell, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1548599798
- John Boggess, MDFamily Medicine Physician1699731935
- April MillerFamily Nurse Practitioner1548621220
- Emolee Vanzandt, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1821944125
- Carleigh Winslett, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1639989932
Verify Joel Christian Milligan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 23625Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,382 Medicare Part D claims for 630 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 360 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium462 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium450 claims
- Omeprazole392 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate271 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen240 claims
- Gabapentin195 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): 44.1 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: $1,344.97
83 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Lakeside Clinic LLCGuntersville, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joel Christian Milligan among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama
Joel Christian Milligan, MD is one of 1,996 family 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2005 among the 1,346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 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 207Q00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Guntersville
They are 15 of the 577 NPPES records with a practice address in Guntersville, and 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Joshua Bell, M.D.Guntersville, AL 359761548599798
- John Boggess, MDGuntersville, AL 359761699731935
- Allison Brewster, CRNPGuntersville, AL 359761538698964
- David Campbell, M.D.Guntersville, AL 359761811100985
- Thomas Darnell, MDGuntersville, AL 359761437230109
- Dalton Diamond, MD, MPHGuntersville, AL 359761063471910
- Robert Hargraves, MDGuntersville, AL 359761821048794
- Stephen Henderson, MDGuntersville, AL 359761366523110
Common questions
What is Joel Christian Milligan, MD's NPI number?
Joel Christian Milligan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093829640, issued on Aug 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Christian Milligan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2337 Homer Clayton Dr, Guntersville, AL, 35976. Phone: (256) 582-5131. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Christian Milligan, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 23625, 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 Christian Milligan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel Christian Milligan, MD had 10,382 Medicare Part D claims for 630 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joel Christian Milligan, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 44.1 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.