William A. Thompson, MD
Specialist · Birmingham, AL
William A. Thompson, MD is a specialist with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1881670727, issued on Dec 22, 2005. Check the license (Alabama 19992, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- William A. Thompson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 19992 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 860 Montclair RD, Birmingham, AL 35213
- Phone
- (205) 595-8985
- Enumerated
- Dec 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 24, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 595-8987
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050321000756); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify William A. Thompson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license 19992Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
278 Medicare Part D claims for 83 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 24 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamoxifen Citrate50 claims
- Creon30 claims
- Letrozole29 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim13 claims
- Lacosamide12 claims
- Omeprazole12 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,258.47
88 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Birmingham Hematology Oncology Assoc LLCBessemer, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
William A. Thompson among 545 specialist records in Alabama
William A. Thompson, MD is one of 545 specialist records with a practice address in Alabama. 42% 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, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 42% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 1991 among the 160 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 82% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Specialist providers in Alabama
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Common questions
What is William A. Thompson, MD's NPI number?
William A. Thompson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881670727, issued on Dec 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is William A. Thompson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 860 Montclair RD, Birmingham, AL, 35213. Phone: (205) 595-8985. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify William A. Thompson, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 19992, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does William A. Thompson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, William A. Thompson, MD had 278 Medicare Part D claims for 83 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is William A. Thompson, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.