Stirling K. Shirah, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
Stirling K. Shirah, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1295916237, issued on Nov 19, 2007. Check the license (Alabama 30700, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stirling K. Shirah
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 30700 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209
- Phone
- (205) 877-1000
- Enumerated
- Nov 19, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 2, 2026
- Fax
- (205) 877-2917
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110414000375); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Stirling K. Shirah in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 30700Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
13,677 Medicare Part D claims for 513 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. 314 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis677 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate543 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium491 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium422 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium416 claims
- Trazodone Hcl392 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): 48.5 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: $151.54
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 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
- Hospitalists Services OF Alabama, LLCBirmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stirling K. Shirah among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Stirling K. Shirah, 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 2007, is newer than 51% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 51% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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 Stirling K. Shirah, MD's NPI number?
Stirling K. Shirah, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295916237, issued on Nov 19, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stirling K. Shirah, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive, Birmingham, AL, 35209. Phone: (205) 877-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Stirling K. Shirah, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 30700, 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 Stirling K. Shirah, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Stirling K. Shirah, MD had 13,677 Medicare Part D claims for 513 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Stirling K. Shirah, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 48.5 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.