Michael Bruce Kline, MD
Specialist · Anniston, AL
Michael Bruce Kline, MD is a specialist with a practice address in Anniston, Alabama, and NPI 1417942061, issued on Sep 20, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 00012173, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Bruce Kline
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 00012173 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 901 Leighton Ave, Anniston, AL 36207
- Phone
- (256) 236-1500
- Enumerated
- Sep 20, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (256) 236-1599
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101228000247); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest specialist records → All 545 in Alabama → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 901 Leighton Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Michael Bruce Kline in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license 00012173Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
13% more Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
1,554 Medicare Part D claims for 410 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl462 claims
- Finasteride269 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim117 claims
- Nitrofurantoin112 claims
- Imipramine Hcl98 claims
- Cephalexin82 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Michael Bruce Kline among 545 specialist records in Alabama
Michael Bruce Kline, MD is one of 545 specialist records with a practice address in Alabama. 42% 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, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 42% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 1991 among the 160 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 82% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
35 specialist records list a practice address in Anniston
They are 35 of the 816 NPPES records with a practice address in Anniston, and 545 specialist records in Alabama.
All 545 in Alabama → Every provider in Anniston → Specialist nationwide →
The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jeffrey Collins, MDAnniston, AL 362071114982956
- Vinton Crawford, M.D.Anniston, AL 362071639147903
- Daniel Fockele, M.D.Anniston, AL 362071104823392
- Robert Garner, M.D.Anniston, AL 362071104823467
- James Hixon, M.D.Anniston, AL 362071356340020
- Robert HurlbuttAnniston, AL 362071376506584
- Roderick Johnson, M.D.Anniston, AL 362071417920786
- Pankaj Kashyap, M.D.Anniston, AL 362071609864248
Common questions
What is Michael Bruce Kline, MD's NPI number?
Michael Bruce Kline, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417942061, issued on Sep 20, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Bruce Kline, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 901 Leighton Ave, Anniston, AL, 36207. Phone: (256) 236-1500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Bruce Kline, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 00012173, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Michael Bruce Kline, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Bruce Kline, MD had 1,554 Medicare Part D claims for 410 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael Bruce Kline, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.