Dr. Rick Player, MD

Dr. Player practices at UAB Medicine at Medical West - UAB Cardiology Med West - HOPD in Bessemer, Alabama.

Dr. Player's NPI, 1861437121, was assigned on June 19, 2006. Dr. Player graduated from University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 1978. Dr. Player holds Alabama license 9007.

Dr. Player's primary practice is UAB Medicine at Medical West - UAB Cardiology Med West - HOPD, at 5000 Medical West Way, Bessemer, AL 35022.

Dr. Player's primary practice is UAB Medicine at Medical West - UAB Cardiology Med West - HOPD in Bessemer, Alabama. Dr. Player is also affiliated with UAB Medical West. The medical group on file is UAB Medical West. Dmand AI also links Dr. Player to 2 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account. Dr. Player's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Player practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Player's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Player is licensed in Alabama.

CMS data shows 322 Medicare services from Dr. Player across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 156 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $17,525 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 156 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Player in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 59 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 22% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Player's median patient age at 72, with 62% women.

In 2024, Dr. Player wrote 2,519 Medicare Part D claims for 342 patients. CMS names the drug for 2,235 of them, across 44 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $876,018 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,320 claims across 43 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Player for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Player accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 271 general payments to Dr. Player from 37 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $915.

Dr. Player graduated from University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 1978.