Dr. Donald S. Walters, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 3,786
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 616
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,058
- Industry payments
- $1,440
- Affiliated sites
- 2
- Practice address
- 521 Montgomery Hwy, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
- Practice phone
- Call (205) 824-4441
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Brookwood Dermatology
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
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Dr. Donald S. Walters is a dermatologist in Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Dr. Walters practices at Brookwood Dermatology in Vestavia Hills, Alabama.
Dr. Walters' NPI, 1770592537, was assigned on August 7, 2006. Dr. Walters graduated from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 1992. Dr. Walters holds Alabama license 21674.
- NPI
- 1770592537NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9234028028
- NPI enumeration date
- August 7, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (205) 824-4441
- Professional email
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- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 60
- Medical school graduation
- 1992
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Donald S. Walters practices at Brookwood Dermatology in Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Dr. Walters' primary practice is Brookwood Dermatology, at 521 Montgomery Hwy, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 824-4441.
- Brookwood Dermatology521 Montgomery Hwy, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216 · Jefferson CountyPhone(205) 824-4441
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Donald S. Walters is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Walters' primary practice is Brookwood Dermatology in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The medical group on file is Brookwood Dermatology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walters to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Donald S. Walters' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Walters practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Brookwood Dermatology | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Donald S. Walters is one of 134 dermatologists in Alabama
Dermatology is Dr. Walters' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Walters is licensed in Alabama.
Specialties and state licenses
- Dermatology, AlabamaPrimary
Dermatologists near Dr. Walters
Counts of dermatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Donald S. Walters billed Medicare for 3,786 services in 2024
CMS data shows 3,786 Medicare services from Dr. Walters across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 616 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $249,917 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Walters' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 3,9062024: 3,03222%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 9452024: 75420%
Dr. Walters compared with the Alabama median for dermatologists, 2024
- Dr. Walters
- Alabama median
- Medicare services
- 3,786vs 2,63744% above
- Medicare patients
- 616vs 55910% above
- Part D claims
- 977vs 71836% above
Medians across 137 dermatologists in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Walters' most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Donald S. Walters treated 616 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77
CMS counts 616 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walters in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 256 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.14, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Walters' median patient age at 73, with 47% women.
Dr. Walters' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Walters' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women25642%
- Men36058%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Walters' Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis49%
- Diabetes31%
- Ischemic heart disease30%
- Chronic kidney disease28%
- Mood disorders21%
- Depression20%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Walters' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 73
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women47%
- Men53%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Donald S. Walters wrote 1,058 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Walters wrote 1,058 Medicare Part D claims for 428 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 977 of them, across 16 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $27,204 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,217 claims across 16 drugs.
Dr. Walters' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,049 claims99%
- Brand-name and other9 claims1%
Dr. Walters' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Walters' Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids3%34 of 1,058 claims
- Antibiotics19%202 of 1,058 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,2172024: 97720%
Drugs named by CMS: 16 in 2024, 16 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Donald S. Walters scored 0 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 0 out of 100 for Dr. Walters for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Walters accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 104 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Walters, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Walters' MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 0of 100Final score
- 0of 100Quality
- 0of 100Improvement Activities
- 0of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Walters ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin lesions
- 88th percentile612 procedures
- Removal of skin cancer
- 54th percentile415 procedures
- Skin biopsy
- 86th percentile221 procedures
- Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
- 93rd percentile104 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Donald S. Walters received $1,440 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 112 general payments to Dr. Walters from 23 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 81% of the total. Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. paid the most, $254.
General payments to Dr. Walters by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Walters by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$1,16981%
- Education$27119%
Companies that paid Dr. Walters the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Donald S. Walters graduated from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Dr. Walters graduated from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 1992.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Donald S. Walters's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Donald S. Walters' NPI number?
Dr. Donald S. Walters' NPI number is 1770592537. It was assigned on August 7, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Donald S. Walters?
Dr. Donald S. Walters is a dermatologist in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).
Where does Dr. Donald S. Walters practice?
Dr. Walters practices at 521 Montgomery Hwy, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216. Dr. Walters' primary practice is Brookwood Dermatology in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walters to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Donald S. Walters' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Walters is (205) 824-4441.
What is Dr. Donald S. Walters' medical license number?
Dr. Walters holds Alabama license 21674.
What medical group is Dr. Donald S. Walters part of?
Dr. Walters is linked to Brookwood Dermatology. Dmand AI links Dr. Walters to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Donald S. Walters accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Walters billed Medicare for 3,786 services in 2024, and Dr. Walters accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Donald S. Walters' MIPS score?
Dr. Walters' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 0 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Donald S. Walters see?
CMS counts 616 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walters in 2024, with an average age of 77.
What services does Dr. Donald S. Walters bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Walters' most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000).
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Where did Dr. Donald S. Walters go to medical school?
Dr. Walters graduated from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 1992.
What drugs does Dr. Donald S. Walters prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Walters' most prescribed drugs by claims were Triamcinolone Acetonide, Clobetasol Propionate and Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim.
Has Dr. Donald S. Walters received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,440 in general payments to Dr. Walters from 23 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
How long has Dr. Donald S. Walters been practicing?
Dr. Walters graduated from medical school in 1992, 34 years ago.
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