William S Taunton Jr., M.D.

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

MD.28677 Issued in AL

Practice address

5005 Oscar Baxter Dr
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405-3698

Phone

(205) 343-2225

Fax

(205) 343-7825

NPI assigned

May 3, 2007

Last updated

Sep 23, 2021By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AL, GA2 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

Family Practice

Education

Mercer University School of Medicine, 2006

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Tuscaloosa Medcenter North, LLCGroup PAC ID 9537167721, 24 clinicians

Urgent Care Northwest PCGroup PAC ID 2062595598, 37 clinicians

Tuscaloosa Medcenter South LLCGroup PAC ID 6305813221, 23 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• DCH Regional Medical Center Hospital, Tuscaloosa, AL, CCN 010092

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

88.65 of 100Reported as group

Quality

84.38

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

72.97

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/15818/brand/1/csg/1/fhir/r4

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.

• Tuscaloosa Medcenter North, LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Northport, AL
  • NPI 1972518777
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Tuscaloosa Medcenter South, LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1689689481
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Urgent Care Northwest PC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Jasper, AL
  • NPI 1548456494
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Medcenter Demopolis, LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Demopolis, AL
  • NPI 1184913030
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Medcenter Fayette, LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Fayette, AL
  • NPI 1235590001
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Medcenter Primary Care, LLC

  dba MedCenter NorthRiver

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Northport, AL
  • NPI 1922546357
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Upson Family Physicians, LC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Thomaston, GA
  • NPI 1083842918
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Demopolis Emergency Physicians, LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Demopolis, AL
  • NPI 1255378865
  NPD (past)
• Urgent Care Northwest PC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hazel Green, AL
  • NPI 1508749342
  NPD (past)
• Urgent Care Northwest PC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Huntsville, AL
  • NPI 1881577625
  NPD (past)
• Urgent Care Northwest PC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hartselle, AL
  • NPI 1942183785
  NPD (past)
• Central Georgia Family Medicine, LLC

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Forsyth, GA
  • NPI 1730484353
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• The DCH Health Care Authority

  dba DCH Health & Wellness Clinic

  • Clinic/Center
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1306613211

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• The DCH Health Care Authority

  dba DCH Outpatient Services

  • Clinic/Center
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1780927681

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• The DCH Healthcare Authority

  dba DCH Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • NPI 1841394418
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "state": "GA",
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            "telephone_number": "478-994-0437",
            "fax_number": "478-994-6787"
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            "address_1": "5005 OSCAR BAXTER DR",
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• Family Medicine Physician in Tuscaloosa, AL
• Providers in Tuscaloosa, AL by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in Alabama

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 23, 2021; 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.