NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Urology Physician NPI 1508839242 MD
Verify on CMS → Michael Franks, MD
Urology Physician in Richmond, Virginia.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 13,606 in Urology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 572 beneficiaries · Urology Physician avg: 1K
MIPS score
87.3/100
▲ 4 pts above national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$2.1K
82 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Michael Franks, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 87.3/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 2,152 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 87.3/100
- MIPS score · +4 vs avg
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥52nd
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Michael Franks, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1508839242), first enumerated 02/13/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 2,152 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 87.3/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$2.1K in reported industry payments (82 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1508839242 · Urology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-ABOVE · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1508839242
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 14K Urology Physician
- MIPS-ABOVE 87.3/100
- RX-MID 2,152
- BOOK-THIN 341 in Virginia
- PHOTO-FINISH James Gilbaugh · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Franks · this pr…
Franks · this provider
87.3 MIPS pts
- James Gilbaugh ·…
James Gilbaugh
87.3 MIPS pts
- Bernard Stanfiel…
Bernard Stanfield
87.3 MIPS pts
- Stanley Myers · …
Stanley Myers
87.3 MIPS pts
- Eugene Pietzak ·…
Eugene Pietzak
87.4 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Michael Franks, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
87 ≥ 52nd percentile 52% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Michael Franks, MD sits
This provider among urology physician peers
Across the 4,091 urology physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Michael Franks, MD writes more Part D claims than 73% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 48% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one urology physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Michael Franks, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Michael Franks, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Michael Franks, MD?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Urology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
2,152 59% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
87.3/100 3.8 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Virginia
How Urology Physician compares to other specialties among Virginia providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Michael Franks, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Urology Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 87.3/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1508839242 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Urology Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 02/13/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
87.3122
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
79.1131
Quality
96
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Michael Franks, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Virginia Urology Center
Richmond, VA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Michael Franks, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$2.1K
Largest payer
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
2,152
Total Claims
$920K
Total Drug Cost
572
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 4,258.667
- Total Day Supply
- 114,219
- Generic Drug Cost
- $187K
- Opioid Claims
- 48 (2.2% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 477
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 75.0 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.34
- Gender Split
- 12% female / 88% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 20, 65-74: 258, 75-84: 238, 85+: 56
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Michael Franks, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Tamsulosin Hcl
Tamsulosin Hcl
561 claims
- Finasteride
Finasteride
264 claims
- Prednisone 109
Prednisone
109 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-T… 108
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
108 claims
- Cefdinir 103
Cefdinir
103 claims
- Dutasteride 99
Dutasteride
99 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl 91
Ciprofloxacin Hcl
91 claims
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er 88
Alfuzosin Hcl Er
88 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 561 |
| Finasteride | 264 |
| Prednisone | 109 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 108 |
| Cefdinir | 103 |
| Dutasteride | 99 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 91 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl Er Alfuzosin Hcl | 88 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 67 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 59 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Urology Physician Overview
How Michael Franks, MD fits within the Urology Physician landscape nationally.
13,606
Urology Physician Providers in US
54
States with Urology Physician
1,354
Avg Claims per Provider
Michael Franks, MD's 2,152 claims are above the specialty average of 1,354.
Nationwide Urology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Franks, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (87.3 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Urology Physician Providers in Virginia
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Virginia, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Franks.
One of 341 Urology Physician providers enrolled in Virginia, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Nassib Abou Heidar
MD
Charlottesville, VA
Dr. Mehrad Adibi
MD
Roanoke, VA
Dr. Joel Alperstein
MD
Fairfax, VA
Dr. Basavlinga Amarkumar
M.D.
Salem, VA
Dr. Mark Anderson
M.D., M.SC.
Charlottesville, VA
Compare Urology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Michael Franks, MD's specialty? ▼
Michael Franks, MD specializes in Urology Physician and practices in Richmond, Virginia. Credentials: MD.
How much does Michael Franks, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Michael Franks, MD wrote 2,152 Medicare Part D claims totaling $920K in drug costs for 572 beneficiaries.
What is Michael Franks, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Michael Franks, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 87.3/100 (Quality: 79.1). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Michael Franks, MD located? ▼
Michael Franks, MD is located at 9101 STONY POINT DR, Richmond, VA, 23235. Phone: (804) 330-9105.
What is Michael Franks, MD's NPI number? ▼
Michael Franks, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508839242, issued on 02/13/2006.
Does Michael Franks, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Michael Franks, MD had 48 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 2.2%.
How many Urology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 13,606 Urology Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Urology Physician provider writes 1,354 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Michael Franks, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Michael Franks, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Tamsulosin Hcl, Finasteride, Prednisone. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Michael Franks, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Michael Franks, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 2,152 Part D claims and 572 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Michael Franks, MD's credentials? ▼
Michael Franks, MD's NPI is 1508839242 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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