NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Otolaryngology Physician NPI 1922012699 M.D.
Verify on CMS → Sheldon Black, M.D.
Otolaryngology Physician in Birmingham, Alabama.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 11,060 in Otolaryngology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
1K
Medicare Part D claims · 522 beneficiaries · Otolaryngology Physician avg: 536
MIPS score
79.4/100
▼ 4 pts below national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$622.51
29 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Sheldon Black, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 79.4/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 1,396 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 79.4/100
- MIPS score · -4 vs avg
- 1K
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥26th
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Sheldon Black, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1922012699), first enumerated 07/28/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,396 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 79.4/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$622.51 in reported industry payments (29 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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Compare Black with other Otolaryngology Physician providers
Same primary specialty, same federal CMS NPPES roster.
Also enrolled in Alabama
- Garima Agarwal Birmingham, AL
- Dr. Jack Aland, M.D. Birmingham, AL
- Dr. James Anderson, MD Montgomery, AL
- Dr. Scott Asher, M.D. Dothan, AL
- Dr. Luke Bailey, MD Opelika, AL
- Dr. William Barber, MD Birmingham, AL
Other specialties in Birmingham: Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (2,391) · Registered Nurse (888) · Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (763) · Pharmacist (542)
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1922012699 · Otolaryngology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-BELOW · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1922012699
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 11K Otolaryngology Physician
- MIPS-BELOW 79.4/100
- RX-MID 1,396
- BOOK-THIN 151 in Alabama
- PHOTO-FINISH Bradley Lawson, M.D. · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Todd Falcone, M.…
Todd Falcone, M.D.
79.3 MIPS pts
- Black · this pro…
Black · this provider
79.4 MIPS pts
- Matthew Farrugia…
Matthew Farrugia, DO
79.4 MIPS pts
- Bradley Lawson, …
Bradley Lawson, M.D.
79.4 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Sheldon Black, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
79 ≥ 26th percentile 26% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Sheldon Black, M.D. sits
This provider among otolaryngology physician peers
Across the 3,290 otolaryngology physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Sheldon Black, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 91% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 34% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one otolaryngology physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Sheldon Black, M.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Sheldon Black, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Sheldon Black, M.D.?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Otolaryngology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,396 160% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
79.4/100 4.1 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Alabama
How Otolaryngology Physician compares to other specialties among Alabama providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Sheldon Black, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Otolaryngology Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 79.4/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1922012699 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Otolaryngology Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 07/28/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
79.3649
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
86.6193
Quality
44.597
Cost
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Sheldon Black, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Ent Associates OF Alabama PC
Birmingham, AL
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Sheldon Black, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$623
Largest payer
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,396
Total Claims
$248K
Total Drug Cost
522
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 1,653.333
- Total Day Supply
- 31,440
- Generic Drug Cost
- $23K
- Opioid Claims
- 172 (12.3% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 380
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 73.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.34
- Gender Split
- 51% female / 49% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 49, 65-74: 243, 75-84: 183, 85+: 47
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Sheldon Black, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Ipratropium Bromide
Ipratropium Bromide
197 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetam…
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
137 claims
- Fluticasone Propio…
Fluticasone Propionate
125 claims
- Cephalexin
Cephalexin
113 claims
- Azelastine Hcl
Azelastine Hcl
79 claims
- Prednisone 74
Prednisone
74 claims
- Cefdinir 64
Cefdinir
64 claims
- Gabapentin 60
Gabapentin
60 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 197 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 137 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 125 |
| Cephalexin | 113 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 79 |
| Prednisone | 74 |
| Cefdinir | 64 |
| Gabapentin | 60 |
| Azithromycin | 56 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 44 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Otolaryngology Physician Overview
How Sheldon Black, M.D. fits within the Otolaryngology Physician landscape nationally.
11,060
Otolaryngology Physician Providers in US
54
States with Otolaryngology Physician
536
Avg Claims per Provider
Sheldon Black, M.D.'s 1,396 claims are above the specialty average of 536.
Nationwide Otolaryngology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Black, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (79.4 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Otolaryngology Physician Providers in Alabama
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Alabama, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Black.
One of 151 Otolaryngology Physician providers enrolled in Alabama, 11 are shown on this page.
Dr. Pamela Beams
DO
Montgomery, AL
Dr. Craig Benoit
M.D.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Dr. Pramod Bhatia
MD
Talladega, AL
Dr. Tarika Bhuta
M.D.
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Angela Blount
M.D.
Jasper, AL
Compare Otolaryngology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sheldon Black, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Sheldon Black, M.D. specializes in Otolaryngology Physician and practices in Birmingham, Alabama. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Sheldon Black, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Sheldon Black, M.D. wrote 1,396 Medicare Part D claims totaling $248K in drug costs for 522 beneficiaries.
What is Sheldon Black, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Sheldon Black, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 79.4/100 (Quality: 86.6, Cost: 44.6). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Sheldon Black, M.D. located? ▼
Sheldon Black, M.D. is located at 833 SAINT VINCENTS DR, Birmingham, AL, 35205. Phone: (205) 933-9236.
What is Sheldon Black, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Sheldon Black, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922012699, issued on 07/28/2006.
Does Sheldon Black, M.D. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Sheldon Black, M.D. had 172 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 12.3%.
How many Otolaryngology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 11,060 Otolaryngology Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Otolaryngology Physician provider writes 536 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Sheldon Black, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Sheldon Black, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Ipratropium Bromide, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Fluticasone Propionate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Sheldon Black, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Sheldon Black, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,396 Part D claims and 522 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Sheldon Black, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Sheldon Black, M.D.'s NPI is 1922012699 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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