Dr. Richard G. Diethelm, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 35,155
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 859
- Part D claims, 2024
- 16,510
- Clinical trials
- 2
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Practice address
- 2152 Old Springville Rd, Center Point, AL 35215
- Practice phone
- Call (205) 838-3343
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
UAB Medicine St Vincents East Family Medicine Residency
Center Point, Alabama
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Dr. Richard G. Diethelm is a neurologist in Center Point, Alabama
Dr. Diethelm practices at UAB Medicine St Vincents East Family Medicine Residency in Center Point, Alabama.
Dr. Diethelm's NPI, 1851518476, was assigned on April 18, 2007. Dr. Diethelm graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Diethelm holds Alabama license 26360.
- NPI
- 1851518476NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0042319378
- NPI enumeration date
- April 18, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (205) 838-3343
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 49
- Medical school graduation
- 2003
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Richard G. Diethelm practices at UAB Medicine St Vincents East Family Medicine Residency in Center Point, Alabama
Dr. Diethelm's primary practice is UAB Medicine St Vincents East Family Medicine Residency, at 2152 Old Springville Rd, Center Point, AL 35215 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 838-3343.
- UAB Medicine St Vincents East Family Medicine Residency2152 Old Springville Rd, Center Point, AL 35215 · Jefferson CountyPhone(205) 838-3343
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Richard G. Diethelm is affiliated with 5 sites of care
Dr. Diethelm's primary practice is UAB Medicine St Vincents East Family Medicine Residency in Center Point, Alabama. Dr. Diethelm is also affiliated with UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham. Dmand AI also links Dr. Diethelm to 2 more hospitals and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Richard G. Diethelm's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Diethelm practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| UAB Medicine St Vincents East Family Medicine Residency | Available with a free account |
| +4 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Richard G. Diethelm is one of 227 neurologists in Alabama
Neurology is Dr. Diethelm's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Diethelm is licensed in Alabama.
Specialties and state licenses
- Neurology, AlabamaPrimary
Neurologists near Dr. Diethelm
Counts of neurologists 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. Richard G. Diethelm billed Medicare for 35,155 services in 2024
CMS data shows 35,155 Medicare services from Dr. Diethelm across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 859 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $284,383 for them.
Dr. Diethelm's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 36,3352024: 33,6907%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,3162024: 1,2128%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2082024: 17914%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 772024: 744%
Where Dr. Diethelm's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office34,72799%
- In a facility4281%
Dr. Diethelm compared with the Alabama median for neurologists, 2024
- Dr. Diethelm
- Alabama median
- Medicare services
- 35,155vs 42981.9 times
- Medicare patients
- 859vs 2114.1 times
- Part D claims
- 16,075vs 97616.5 times
Medians across 212 neurologists in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Diethelm'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. Richard G. Diethelm treated 859 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 859 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Diethelm in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 352 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.65, 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. Diethelm's median patient age at 68, with 67% women.
Dr. Diethelm's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Diethelm's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women51059%
- Men34941%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Diethelm's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis56%
- Mood disorders46%
- Depression43%
- Anxiety38%
- Diabetes38%
- Chronic kidney disease37%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Diethelm's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 68
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women67%
- Men33%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Richard G. Diethelm wrote 16,510 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Diethelm wrote 16,510 Medicare Part D claims for 1,876 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 16,075 of them, across 157 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $6,810,639 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 14,421 claims across 154 drugs.
Dr. Diethelm's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic14,828 claims90%
- Brand-name1,606 claims10%
- Other76 claims0%
Dr. Diethelm'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. Diethelm's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids3%519 of 16,510 claims
- Antibiotics0%27 of 16,510 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over2%303 of 16,510 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: 14,4212024: 16,07511%
Drugs named by CMS: 157 in 2024, 154 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. Richard G. Diethelm 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. Diethelm for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Diethelm accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Diethelm's 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.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Richard G. Diethelm has worked on 2 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Diethelm to 2 clinical trials, 2 of them phase 3 studies. Conditions studied include Migraine without Aura and Migraine with Aura.
Conditions in Dr. Diethelm's trials
- Migraine without Aura
- Migraine with Aura
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Diethelm
- Michael Joseph Downing, MD2 shared trials
- Lora Jannette Mcgill, MD2 shared trials
- Derek David Muse, MD2 shared trials
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Diethelm
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate STS101 in the Acute Treatment of Migraine (opens in a new tab)
Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Richard G. Diethelm received $74,719 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 2,402 general payments to Dr. Diethelm from 62 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 55% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $22,528.
General payments to Dr. Diethelm by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Diethelm by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$41,11155%
- Speaker and faculty fees$32,34043%
- Education$6701%
- Travel and lodging$5981%
Companies that paid Dr. Diethelm 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. Richard G. Diethelm graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Dr. Diethelm graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2003.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Richard G. Diethelm'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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) |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| 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. Richard G. Diethelm's NPI number?
Dr. Richard G. Diethelm's NPI number is 1851518476. It was assigned on April 18, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Richard G. Diethelm?
Dr. Richard G. Diethelm is a neurologist in Center Point, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurology Physician (taxonomy code 2084N0400X).
Where does Dr. Richard G. Diethelm practice?
Dr. Diethelm practices at 2152 Old Springville Rd, Center Point, AL 35215. Dr. Diethelm's primary practice is UAB Medicine St Vincents East Family Medicine Residency in Center Point, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Dr. Diethelm to 2 hospitals and 1 physician office.
What is Dr. Richard G. Diethelm's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Diethelm is (205) 838-3343.
What is Dr. Richard G. Diethelm's medical license number?
Dr. Diethelm holds Alabama license 26360.
Which hospitals is Dr. Richard G. Diethelm affiliated with?
Dr. Diethelm is affiliated with UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham. Dmand AI links Dr. Diethelm to 2 more hospitals.
Does Dr. Richard G. Diethelm accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Diethelm billed Medicare for 35,155 services in 2024, and Dr. Diethelm accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Richard G. Diethelm's MIPS score?
Dr. Diethelm's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 0 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Richard G. Diethelm see?
CMS counts 859 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Diethelm in 2024, with an average age of 74.
What services does Dr. Richard G. Diethelm bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Diethelm's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0585), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, new patient (99205).
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Where did Dr. Richard G. Diethelm go to medical school?
Dr. Diethelm graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2003.
What drugs does Dr. Richard G. Diethelm prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Diethelm's most prescribed drugs by claims were Donepezil HCl, Gabapentin and Carbidopa-Levodopa.
Has Dr. Richard G. Diethelm received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $74,719 in general payments to Dr. Diethelm from 62 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.
How long has Dr. Richard G. Diethelm been practicing?
Dr. Diethelm graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.
Does Dr. Richard G. Diethelm do research?
Dr. Diethelm has worked on 2 clinical trials.
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