Joseph Rogers Downs, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Opelika, AL
Joseph Rogers Downs, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Opelika, Alabama, and NPI 1104910488, issued on Oct 3, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 9668, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Rogers Downs
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 9668 AL
20690 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 121 N 20TH St Ste 20B, Opelika, AL 36801
- Phone
- (334) 321-3700
- Enumerated
- Oct 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 11, 2023
- Fax
- (334) 887-7475
- Medicaid IDs
- 000080867 AL
00221581A GA
000009536 AL - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100614000010); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 121 N 20TH St Ste 20B
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Joseph Rogers Downs in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 9668Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
50% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,589 Medicare Part D claims for 57 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium134 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium77 claims
- Potassium Chloride72 claims
- Famotidine70 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate54 claims
- Losartan Potassium47 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $16.89
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC. 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
- The Heart Center Cardiology, PCValley, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Rogers Downs among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Joseph Rogers Downs, 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
- Graduated1978 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
30 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Opelika
They are 30 of the 797 NPPES records with a practice address in Opelika, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Rogers Downs, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph Rogers Downs, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104910488, issued on Oct 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Rogers Downs, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 121 N 20TH St Ste 20B, Opelika, AL, 36801. Phone: (334) 321-3700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Rogers Downs, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 9668, 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 Joseph Rogers Downs, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Rogers Downs, M.D. had 1,589 Medicare Part D claims for 57 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph Rogers Downs, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.