NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician NPI 1821047259 M.D.
Verify on CMS → William Craig, M.D.
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 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 15,618 in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 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.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 625 beneficiaries · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician avg: 793
MIPS score
75/100
CMS neutral threshold · no category scores published
Industry payments
$145.45
1 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
William Craig, M.D. carries the neutral CMS MIPS final score of 75/100, assigned where no category was scored - and filed 2,231 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 75/100
- CMS neutral score · not measured
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥85th
- pct by Part D claim volume (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 William Craig, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1821047259), first enumerated 05/10/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 2,231 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)
CMS assigned a neutral MIPS final score of 75/100 where no performance category was scored — not a measured quality rank.
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
$145.45 in reported industry payments (1 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1821047259 · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-NEUTRAL · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1821047259
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 16K Physical Medicine
- MIPS-NEUTRAL 75/100
- RX-MID 2,231
- BOOK-THIN 144 in Alabama
- PHOTO-ENUM Teresa Gurin · 2006
William Craig, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
2,231 ≥ 85th percentile 85% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. 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 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
William Craig, 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 William Craig, M.D.?
CMS neutral score, not measuredPrimary specialty
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
Medicare Part D claims
2,231 181% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
75/100
Specialty distribution in Alabama
How Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician compares to other specialties among Alabama providers
MIPS score not measured
CMS assigned a neutral 75/100 threshold
CMS did not publish any Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, or Improvement Activities category score for this clinician. This administrative threshold is not comparable with the national average of clinicians whose MIPS score was measured.
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 | 1821047259 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 05/10/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
75
Final Score
CMS neutral threshold · not measured
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where William Craig, 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.
Southern Orthopaedic Alliance PLLC
Hoover, 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 William Craig, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$145
Largest payer
Davol Inc.
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.
2,231
Total Claims
$37K
Total Drug Cost
625
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 2,397.467
- Total Day Supply
- 65,093
- Generic Drug Cost
- $33K
- Opioid Claims
- 287 (12.9% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 73.5 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.13
- Gender Split
- 66% female / 34% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 43, 65-74: 304, 75-84: 229, 85+: 49
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What William Craig, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Pregabalin
Pregabalin
956 claims
- Tramadol Hcl 219
Tramadol Hcl
219 claims
- Gabapentin 213
Gabapentin
213 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl 206
Duloxetine Hcl
206 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium 161
Diclofenac Sodium
161 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl 129
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl
129 claims
- Celecoxib 90
Celecoxib
90 claims
- Methylprednisolone 50
Methylprednisolone
50 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 956 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 219 |
| Gabapentin | 213 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 206 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 161 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 129 |
| Celecoxib | 90 |
| Methylprednisolone | 50 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 49 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 31 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Overview
How William Craig, M.D. fits within the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician landscape nationally.
15,618
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Providers in US
54
States with Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
793
Avg Claims per Provider
William Craig, M.D.'s 2,231 claims are above the specialty average of 793.
Nationwide Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Craig, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (75 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Providers in Alabama
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Alabama, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Craig.
One of 144 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers enrolled in Alabama, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Ryan Aaron
M.D.
Huntsville, AL
Dr. Zoubair Ahmed
MD
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Keith Anderson
DO
Huntsville, AL
Mary Arminio
Opelika, AL
Dr. Frederick Aziz
M.D.
Montgomery, AL
Compare Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is William Craig, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
William Craig, M.D. specializes in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician and practices in Birmingham, Alabama. Credentials: M.D..
How much does William Craig, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, William Craig, M.D. wrote 2,231 Medicare Part D claims totaling $37K in drug costs for 625 beneficiaries.
What is William Craig, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
William Craig, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 75/100. CMS published no Quality, Promoting Interoperability, Improvement Activity or Cost score for this clinician, so the final score is the neutral performance threshold CMS assigns rather than a measured result. 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 William Craig, M.D. located? ▼
William Craig, M.D. is located at 4517 SOUTHLAKE PKWY, Birmingham, AL, 35244. Phone: (205) 985-4111.
What is William Craig, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
William Craig, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821047259, issued on 05/10/2006.
Does William Craig, M.D. prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, William Craig, M.D. had 287 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 12.9%.
How many Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 15,618 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician provider writes 793 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does William Craig, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, William Craig, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Pregabalin, Tramadol Hcl, Gabapentin. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does William Craig, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
William Craig, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 2,231 Part D claims and 625 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify William Craig, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
William Craig, M.D.'s NPI is 1821047259 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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