Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash, MD

  • Dothan, AL
  • Dermatologist
NPI1720073885PAC ID3870572050
Medicare services, 2024
8,805
Medicare patients, 2024
1,217
Part D claims, 2024
1,152
MIPS score, 2024
100
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
4370 West Main St, Ste 101, Dothan, AL 36305
Practice phone
Call (334) 671-4908
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Primary practice

Flowers Hospital Breast Health Center

Mammography / Breast Imaging Center · Dothan, Alabama

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Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash is a dermatologist in Dothan, Alabama

Dr. Ash practices at Flowers Hospital Breast Health Center in Dothan, Alabama.

Dr. Ash's NPI, 1720073885, was assigned on September 14, 2005. Dr. Ash graduated from Baylor College Of Medicine in 1982. Dr. Ash's Alabama license number on file is 15082.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3870572050
NPI enumeration date
September 14, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(334) 671-4908
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
70
Medical school graduation
1982

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash practices at Flowers Hospital Breast Health Center in Dothan, Alabama

Dr. Ash's primary practice is Flowers Hospital Breast Health Center, at 4370 West Main St, Ste 101, Dothan, AL 36305. The practice phone is (334) 671-4908.

  • Flowers Hospital Breast Health Center
    4370 West Main St, Ste 101, Dothan, AL 36305Phone(334) 671-4908

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Ash's primary practice is Flowers Hospital Breast Health Center in Dothan, Alabama. Dr. Ash is also affiliated with Flowers Hospital. The medical group on file is Affiliated Dermatology, PC. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ash to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ash practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Flowers Hospital Breast Health CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash is one of 134 dermatologists in Alabama

Dermatology is Dr. Ash's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Ash is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dmand AI has Dr. Ash's licenses on file in 4 states: Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and Georgia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Dermatology, AlabamaPrimaryLicense 15082 · 1990 to 2025 · taxonomy 207N00000X
  • Texas license1983 to 2024
  • Tennessee license1989 to 2012
  • Georgia license1988 to 1993

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acne, acute skin infection, benign or precancerous skin growths, cancerous skin growth removal, cold sores or genital herpes, contact dermatitis, corns and calluses and facial skin infection among the conditions Dr. Ash treats.

Dermatologists near Dr. Ash

Counts of dermatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

134dermatologists in Alabama
4dermatologists in Dothan

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash billed Medicare for 8,805 services in 2024

CMS data shows 8,805 Medicare services from Dr. Ash across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,217 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $353,328 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20248,805
Medicare patients1,217
Paid by Medicare$353,328
Procedure codes18

Dr. Ash's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 6,6892024: 7,1547%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,6512024: 1,651No change

Dr. Ash compared with the Alabama median for dermatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Ash
  • Alabama median
Medicare services
8,805vs 2,6373.3 times
Medicare patients
1,217vs 5592.2 times
Part D claims
1,005vs 71840% above

Medians across 137 dermatologists in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ash's 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. Robert Benjamin Ash treated 1,217 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 1,217 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ash in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 558 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.02, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ash's median patient age at 74, with 55% women.

Medicare patients, 20241,217
Average age78
Average risk score1.02
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Ash's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ash's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women63752%
  • Men58048%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Ash's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Ischemic heart disease31%
  5. Diabetes27%
  6. Chronic kidney disease23%
  7. Atrial fibrillation21%
  8. Anxiety19%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Ash's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women55%
  • Men45%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash wrote 1,152 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ash wrote 1,152 Medicare Part D claims for 522 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,005 of them, across 19 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $62,140 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 844 claims across 23 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,152
Drugs named by CMS19
Total drug cost$62,140
Part D patients522

Dr. Ash's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,106 claims96%
  • Brand-name46 claims4%

Dr. Ash's 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. Ash's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics12%140 of 1,152 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: 8442024: 1,00519%

Drugs named by CMS: 19 in 2024, 23 in 2023.

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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. Robert Benjamin Ash scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Ash for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ash accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 463 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Ash, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Ash's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Ash ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of skin lesions
98th percentile2,395 procedures
Skin biopsy
97th percentile702 procedures
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
99th percentile463 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 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. Robert Benjamin Ash received $5,285 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 223 general payments to Dr. Ash from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $934.

General payments to Dr. Ash by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Ash by kind, 2016 to 2025

$5.3Kin total
  • Food and beverage$5,10097%
  • Education$1853%

Companies that paid Dr. Ash the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Ash.

Awards and honors for Dr. Ash

  1. Undated
    • AAD Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash graduated from Baylor College Of Medicine

Dr. Ash graduated from Baylor College Of Medicine in 1982. Dr. Ash is a member of AAD.

  1. Medical schoolBaylor College Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in dermatologyAmerican Board of Dermatology
  3. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers

Dr. Ash is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Humana
  • +8 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Ash accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. Medicare8
  3. HMO7
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors 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 paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash's NPI number?

Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash's NPI number is 1720073885. It was assigned on September 14, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash?

Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash is a dermatologist in Dothan, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).

Where does Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash practice?

Dr. Ash practices at 4370 West Main St, Ste 101, Dothan, AL 36305. Dr. Ash's primary practice is Flowers Hospital Breast Health Center in Dothan, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ash to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ash is (334) 671-4908.

What is Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash's medical license number?

Dr. Ash's Alabama license number on file is 15082, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Ash in Alabama (1990 to 2025), Texas (1983 to 2024), Tennessee (1989 to 2012) and Georgia (1988 to 1993).

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash affiliated with?

Dr. Ash is affiliated with Flowers Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash part of?

Dr. Ash is linked to Affiliated Dermatology, PC.

Does Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ash billed Medicare for 8,805 services in 2024, and Dr. Ash accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash's MIPS score?

Dr. Ash's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash see?

CMS counts 1,217 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ash in 2024, with an average age of 78.

Is Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash board certified?

Yes. Dr. Ash is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology.

What services does Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ash's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000).

Where did Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash go to medical school?

Dr. Ash graduated from Baylor College Of Medicine in 1982.

What drugs does Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ash's most prescribed drugs by claims were Mupirocin, Triamcinolone Acetonide and Doxycycline Monohydrate.

Has Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $5,285 in general payments to Dr. Ash from 26 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash been practicing?

Dr. Ash graduated from medical school in 1982, 44 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Robert Benjamin Ash accept?

Dr. Ash is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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