Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Calera, AL
Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Calera, Alabama, and NPI 1174593131, issued on Jan 24, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 15973, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 15973 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11206 Highway 25, Calera, AL 35040
- Phone
- (205) 668-0941
- Enumerated
- Jan 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 28, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 668-3750
- Medicaid ID
- 009938511 AL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041109001073); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1990
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 11206 Highway 25
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 15973Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,362 Medicare Part D claims for 546 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims. 63 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium453 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium369 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate330 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium326 claims
- Losartan Potassium289 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er267 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: $1,128.37
68 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- Lister Health Care CorporationCalera, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol, 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
- Graduated1990 · 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).
5 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Calera
They are 5 of the 125 NPPES records with a practice address in Calera, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol, MD's NPI number?
Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174593131, issued on Jan 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11206 Highway 25, Calera, AL, 35040. Phone: (205) 668-0941. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 15973, 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 Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sara Ritchey Walker Koziol, MD had 10,362 Medicare Part D claims for 546 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.