Sandra Mathews Ford, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
Sandra Mathews Ford, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1447318357, issued on Dec 4, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 4492, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sandra Mathews Ford
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 4492 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 516 Tuscaloosa Ave SW, Birmingham, AL 35211
- Phone
- (205) 786-1025
- Enumerated
- Dec 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 780-0670
- Medicaid ID
- 529920170 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040601000552); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1978
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sandra Mathews Ford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 4492Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,133 Medicare Part D claims for 528 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 231 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate672 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium470 claims
- Pravastatin Sodium282 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium255 claims
- Potassium Chloride255 claims
- Hydralazine Hcl195 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $480.30
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Eisai 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.
Sandra Mathews Ford among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Sandra Mathews Ford, MD 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 updated2007 · 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).
487 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 487 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Sandra Mathews Ford, MD's NPI number?
Sandra Mathews Ford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447318357, issued on Dec 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sandra Mathews Ford, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 516 Tuscaloosa Ave SW, Birmingham, AL, 35211. Phone: (205) 786-1025. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sandra Mathews Ford, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 4492, 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 Sandra Mathews Ford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sandra Mathews Ford, MD had 10,133 Medicare Part D claims for 528 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.