Rick Player, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Bessemer, AL
Rick Player, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bessemer, Alabama, and NPI 1861437121, issued on Jun 19, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 9007, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rick Player
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9007 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 927 Medical Center Dr, Bessemer, AL 35022
- Phone
- (205) 481-7670
- Enumerated
- Jun 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 22, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 481-7397
- Medicaid ID
- 000009956 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101012000563); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Rick Player in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 9007Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,519 Medicare Part D claims for 342 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 51% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa441 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta282 claims
- Breo Ellipta122 claims
- Prednisone115 claims
- Spiriva Respimat107 claims
- Symbicort106 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): 96.2 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: $343.60
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Medical West Hospital Authority, AN Affiliate OF Uab Health SystemBessemer, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rick Player among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Rick Player, M.D. is one of 1,705 internal 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, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 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 207R00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
20 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bessemer
They are 20 of the 584 NPPES records with a practice address in Bessemer, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
All 1,705 in Alabama → Every provider in Bessemer → Internal Medicine Physician nationwide →
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- Jason Gamble, M.D.Bessemer, AL 350221396724613
- Sandhya Garg, MDBessemer, AL 350221497764849
- Wiley Livingston, M.D.Bessemer, AL 350221215917794
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- Michael Moore, M.D.Bessemer, AL 350221205815214
Common questions
What is Rick Player, M.D.'s NPI number?
Rick Player, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861437121, issued on Jun 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rick Player, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 927 Medical Center Dr, Bessemer, AL, 35022. Phone: (205) 481-7670. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rick Player, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 9007, 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 Rick Player, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rick Player, M.D. had 2,519 Medicare Part D claims for 342 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Rick Player, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.2 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.