William Alex Nixon, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Guntersville, AL
William Alex Nixon, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Guntersville, Alabama, and NPI 1699731927, issued on Apr 25, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 22839, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William Alex Nixon
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 22839 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2337 Homer Clayton Drive, Guntersville, AL 35976
- Phone
- (256) 582-5131
- Enumerated
- Apr 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 16, 2026
- Fax
- (256) 582-1100
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040908001511); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify William Alex Nixon in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 22839Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
8,658 Medicare Part D claims for 645 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 145 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium441 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate315 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium298 claims
- Citalopram Hbr275 claims
- Omeprazole259 claims
- Valsartan235 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): 41.5 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: $1,042.25
66 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Lakeside Clinic LLCGuntersville, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William Alex Nixon among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama
William Alex Nixon, MD is one of 1,996 family 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2005 among the 1,346 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 207Q00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Guntersville
They are 15 of the 577 NPPES records with a practice address in Guntersville, and 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is William Alex Nixon, MD's NPI number?
William Alex Nixon, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699731927, issued on Apr 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William Alex Nixon, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2337 Homer Clayton Drive, Guntersville, AL, 35976. Phone: (256) 582-5131. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William Alex Nixon, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 22839, 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 William Alex Nixon, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William Alex Nixon, MD had 8,658 Medicare Part D claims for 645 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is William Alex Nixon, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 41.5 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.