Joseph Thomas Sowder, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
Joseph Thomas Sowder, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1245342013, issued on Aug 31, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 0019156, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Thomas Sowder
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 0019156 AL
ME112038 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 50 Medical Park Dr E, Birmingham, AL 35235
- Phone
- (205) 838-3970
- Enumerated
- Aug 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 7, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 838-3160
- Medicaid IDs
- 529905830 AL
019069000 FL
529910000 AL
051505375 AL - Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Thomas Sowder in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 0019156Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
27 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Joseph Thomas Sowder among 678 emergency medicine physician records in Alabama
Joseph Thomas Sowder, MD is one of 678 emergency 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, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 59% of these records are
- Record last updated2017 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
238 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 238 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 678 emergency medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Thomas Sowder, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Thomas Sowder, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245342013, issued on Aug 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Thomas Sowder, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 50 Medical Park Dr E, Birmingham, AL, 35235. Phone: (205) 838-3970. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Thomas Sowder, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 0019156, 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 Thomas Sowder, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Thomas Sowder, MD had 27 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.