Vance Alm, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Reno, NV
Vance Alm, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Reno, Nevada, and NPI 1578540951, issued on Dec 28, 2005. Check the license (Nevada 9845, as entered in NPPES) on the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vance Alm
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 9845 NV
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16500 Wedge Pkwy Ste 100, Reno, NV 89511
- Phone
- (775) 786-0100
- Enumerated
- Dec 28, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 2, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (844) 272-5739
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060410000246); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Dakota School Of Medicine, 1998
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vance Alm in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNevada State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 9845Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,834 Medicare Part D claims for 246 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 496 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen207 claims
- Alprazolam190 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium169 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl151 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate150 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium127 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: $2,157.67
71 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Vance Alm among 1,243 family medicine physician records in Nevada
Vance Alm, MD is one of 1,243 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Nevada. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2008 among the 726 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Nevada practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
211 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Reno
They are 211 of the 11,565 NPPES records with a practice address in Reno, and 1,243 family medicine physician records in Nevada.
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Common questions
What is Vance Alm, MD's NPI number?
Vance Alm, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578540951, issued on Dec 28, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vance Alm, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16500 Wedge Pkwy Ste 100, Reno, NV, 89511. Phone: (775) 786-0100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vance Alm, MD's license?
NPPES lists Nevada license number 9845, as entered by the provider. Search the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners at https://medboard.nv.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vance Alm, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vance Alm, MD had 4,834 Medicare Part D claims for 246 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.