Richard Shelton
Psychiatry Physician · Birmingham, AL
Richard Shelton is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1285726612, issued on Sep 30, 2006. Check the license (Alabama L.3551DP, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Shelton
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- L.3551DP AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1717 6TH Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
- Phone
- (800) 822-8816
- Enumerated
- Sep 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 25, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Shelton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license L.3551DPCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
34 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $11,777.48
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was consulting fee; the largest payer was Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Richard Shelton among 517 psychiatry physician records in Alabama
Richard Shelton is one of 517 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 69% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 46% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Alabama
There are 517 psychiatry physician records in Alabama.
All 517 in Alabama → Every provider in Birmingham → Psychiatry Physician nationwide →
The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Lee Ann Blackmon, MDBirmingham, AL 352331891741567
- Connie Buchanan, MDBirmingham, AL 352331407896012
- Daniel Dahl, MDBirmingham, AL 352331578506788
- Kay Dantzler, MDBirmingham, AL 352331699718387
- Rachel Fargason, MDBirmingham, AL 352331477597151
- Jacqueline Feldman, MDBirmingham, AL 352331770527392
- Carl HouckBirmingham, AL 352331831126994
- Norman HugginsBirmingham, AL 352331285666099
Common questions
What is Richard Shelton's NPI number?
Richard Shelton's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285726612, issued on Sep 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Shelton located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1717 6TH Ave S, Birmingham, AL, 35233. Phone: (800) 822-8816. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Shelton's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number L.3551DP, 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 Richard Shelton prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Shelton had 34 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.