John Henry Friend IV, MD

Primary specialty

Ophthalmology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207W00000X

License

50985 Issued in AL

Practice address

2880 Dauphin St
Mobile, AL 36606-2457

Phone

(251) 473-1900

Fax

(251) 470-8943

NPI assigned

Jan 27, 2020

Last updated

Aug 1, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX, AL2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Education

University of South Alabama College of Medicine, 2020

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Premier Health Management IncGroup PAC ID 6608869342, 55 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

82.87 of 100Reported as group

Quality

70.15

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

72.75

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: jfriend@pm.gwaydirect.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Premier Health Management, Inc.

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Mobile, AL
  • NPI 1538154760
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1942270566
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Premier Health Management, Inc.

  dba Premier Optical Foley

  • Eyewear Supplier
  • Foley, AL
  • NPI 1528783024

  Ophthalmology

  NPD
• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1396832713
  NPD
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Dallas, TX
  • NPI 1851361471
  NPD

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Joan Roberts Friedlander, D.M.D
• Phillip Alan Friedlander
• Frank Roth Friedman, D.M.D.
• Richard Awbrey Friedman, M.D.
• John Friend
• Mary Claire Friend, MD
• Nicholas Friend, MD
• Jason Hunter Frischhertz, MD
• Mary Fromdahl
• James Richard Frost, M.D.

• Ophthalmology Physician in Mobile, AL
• Providers in Mobile, AL by specialty
• Ophthalmology Physician in Alabama

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 1, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.