Michael F. Carter, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Huntsville, AL
Michael F. Carter, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Huntsville, Alabama, and NPI 1427045152, issued on Sep 27, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 21997, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael F. Carter
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 21997 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1102 Gleneagles Dr SW, Huntsville, AL 35801
- Phone
- (256) 881-5880
- Enumerated
- Sep 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 21, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (256) 883-6280
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100903000539); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Michael F. Carter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 21997Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,015 Medicare Part D claims for 594 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 157 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium344 claims
- Losartan Potassium275 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium265 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate243 claims
- Gabapentin186 claims
- Lisinopril184 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): 94.6 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: $1,255.47
87 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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
- Michael F Carter MD PCHuntsville, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael F. Carter among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama
Michael F. Carter, M.D. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 90% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2005 among the 1,346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
168 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Huntsville
They are 168 of the 5,555 NPPES records with a practice address in Huntsville, and 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Michael F. Carter, M.D.'s NPI number?
Michael F. Carter, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427045152, issued on Sep 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael F. Carter, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1102 Gleneagles Dr SW, Huntsville, AL, 35801. Phone: (256) 881-5880. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael F. Carter, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 21997, 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 Michael F. Carter, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael F. Carter, M.D. had 6,015 Medicare Part D claims for 594 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael F. Carter, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.6 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.