NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

General Practice Physician in Alabama

131 NPPES records list general practice physician with a practice address in Alabama, 2.6 per 100,000 residents, the 29th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Montgomery have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 3 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208D00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Birmingham has the most, 14

  1. Birmingham14
  2. Montgomery12
  3. Mobile11
  4. Fort Rucker8
  5. Huntsville8

General Practice Physician records in Alabama

  1. Charles Shipman, MDJasper, AL 355011508898198
  2. Carl Shory, MDBirmingham, AL 352421558525618
  3. John Simmons, M.DGeneva, AL 363401922045905
  4. John Simmons, MDLinden, AL 367481104832724
  5. Michael Sisler, DOFort Rucker, AL 363621538783147
  6. Valerie Smith, DOMontgomery, AL 361061134313802
  7. Jade Spurgeon, MDMaxwell Afb, AL 361121154314086
  8. Richard Stehl, MDMontgomery, AL 361091760490411
  9. Christopher Stepp, MSN, FNP-BCHuntsville, AL 358081033729504
  10. Mary Sullivan, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358021073851192
  11. James Surso, M.D.Rogersville, AL 356521073632774
  12. William Talley, M.D.Decatur, AL 356011053523456
  13. Janie Teschner, M.D.Gadsden, AL 359011215231170
  14. Robert Theakston, M.D.Fort Payne, AL 359671255374492
  15. Bridget Thill, M.D.Maxwell Afb, AL 361121477549202
  16. Christopher Thomas, M.D.Mountain Brk, AL 352431366836538
  17. Frank Tombrello, D.O.Birmingham, AL 352131972818045
  18. Marjada Tucker, MDBirmingham, AL 352331437899481
  19. Christopher Ulm, DOFort Rucker, AL 363621548073539
  20. Christine Villegas, M.D.Phenix City, AL 368671083140925
  21. John Wagner, M.D., C.M.D.Cullman, AL 350551487634085
  22. James Walls, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061598128167
  23. Timothy Weber, MDBirmingham, AL 352331154950392
  24. Tom Welch, MDHoover, AL 352441750445458
  25. Kristen WilliamsTuscaloosa, AL 354061578074860
  26. Louie Wilson, M.D.Mobile, AL 366071780619247
  27. Caleb Winn, DORedstone Arsenal, AL 358091326787359
  28. Patricia Wittig, CRNP-BCHomewood, AL 352091568785483
  29. Bill Yates, MDJasper, AL 355011043312101
  30. Charles Yeager, MDMobile, AL 366931689625667
  31. Jess Youngblood, M.D.Guntersville, AL 359761467676676

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208D00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. Pennsylvania2.7
  2. Nebraska2.6
  3. Wyoming2.6
  4. Alabama2.6
  5. Mississippi2.4
  6. Ohio2.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208D00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

51.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 56.3% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Alabama51.9%
  2. United States56.3%

General Practice Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file68 of 131 · 51.9% here, 56.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file37 · 28.2% here, 28.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more90 · 68.7% here, 54.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 37 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208D00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

131 NPPES records list general practice physician (208D00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 2.6 per 100,000 residents against 3.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 14 of them (11%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Oklahoma131
  2. Massachusetts135
  3. Kentucky121
  4. Louisiana145

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wyoming2.6
  2. Nebraska2.6
  3. Pennsylvania2.7
  4. Mississippi2.4

The largest states

  1. Puerto Rico4,170
  2. Florida2,282
  3. California1,956
  4. Texas1,062
  5. New York681

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.