Dr. Benton Allen Emblom, MD

  • Birmingham, AL
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1588873350PAC ID9931275393
Medicare services, 2024
672
Medicare patients, 2024
213
Part D claims, 2024
833
Publications
29
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
810 St Vincent's Drive, Birmingham, AL 35205
Practice phone
Call (205) 939-7000
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Primary practice

UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

Hospital · Birmingham, Alabama

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Dr. Benton Allen Emblom is an orthopedic surgeon in Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Emblom practices at UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama, part of University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Emblom's NPI, 1588873350, was assigned on May 21, 2007. Dr. Emblom graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2002. Dr. Emblom holds Alabama license 25783.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9931275393
NPI enumeration date
May 21, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(205) 939-7000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
50
Medical school graduation
2002

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

Dr. Benton Allen Emblom practices at UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Emblom's primary practice is UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham, at 810 St Vincent's Drive, Birmingham, AL 35205 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 939-7000.

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Dr. Benton Allen Emblom is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Emblom's primary practice is UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama, part of University of Alabama at Birmingham. The medical group on file is Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Emblom to 2 more group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Benton Allen Emblom's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UAB St. Vincent’s BirminghamAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Benton Allen Emblom is one of 310 orthopedic surgeons in Alabama

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Emblom's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Emblom is licensed in Alabama.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, AlabamaPrimaryLicense 25783 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Emblom

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

Dr. Benton Allen Emblom billed Medicare for 672 services in 2024

CMS data shows 672 Medicare services from Dr. Emblom across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 213 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $84,132 for them.

Medicare services, 2024672
Medicare patients213
Paid by Medicare$84,132
Procedure codes16

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2952024: 22424%
Imaging
2023: 2522024: 20618%
Surgery
2023: 1702024: 12427%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1902024: 11838%

Where Dr. Emblom's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office57285%
  • In a facility10015%

Dr. Emblom compared with the Alabama median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Emblom
  • Alabama median
Medicare services
672vs 1,57057% below
Medicare patients
213vs 26219% below
Part D claims
775vs 48560% above

Medians across 302 orthopedic surgeons in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Emblom'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. Benton Allen Emblom treated 213 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 213 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Emblom in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 133 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.73, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Emblom's median patient age at 48, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024213
Average age71
Average risk score0.73

Dr. Emblom's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Emblom's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women11755%
  • Men9645%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Ischemic heart disease24%
  5. Anxiety21%
  6. Diabetes21%
  7. Depression17%
  8. Mood disorders17%

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

Dr. Emblom's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 48

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men46%

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

Dr. Benton Allen Emblom wrote 833 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Emblom wrote 833 Medicare Part D claims for 234 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 775 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,814 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 950 claims across 13 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024833
Drugs named by CMS12
Total drug cost$5,814
Part D patients234

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

  • Generic832 claims100%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims0%

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

  • Opioids29%240 of 833 claims
  • Antibiotics21%179 of 833 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: 9502024: 77518%

Drugs named by CMS: 12 in 2024, 13 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. Benton Allen Emblom 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. Emblom for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Emblom accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 38 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Emblom, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Emblom's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 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. Emblom ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
81st percentile39 procedures
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
98th percentile38 procedures
Hip replacement
74th percentile28 procedures
Knee replacement
59th percentile25 procedures

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

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. Benton Allen Emblom has 29 publications on record

Dmand AI links 29 papers to Dr. Emblom, published from 2015 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Arthroscopy, Athletic Injuries and Baseball. Dr. Emblom has published most often in Orthop J Sports Med. Dr. Emblom's most frequent co-authors are Alexander Edward Loeb, MD, Amit Momaya and Benjamin Domb, MD.

Papers29
Years published2015 to 2025

Dr. Emblom's papers by year, 2015 to 2025

Topics Dr. Emblom writes about most

  • Arthroscopy
  • Athletic Injuries
  • Baseball
  • Cadaver
  • Collateral Ligament, Ulnar
  • Return to Sport
  • Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries

Dr. Emblom's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Emblom

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Benton Allen Emblom has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Emblom to 1 clinical trial.

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Emblom

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Emblom

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Benton Allen Emblom received $3,087,539 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 237 general payments to Dr. Emblom from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Royalties and licenses make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $3,083,080.

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

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

$3.1Min total
  • Royalties and licenses$2,922,08795%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$79,2083%
  • Consulting fees$73,3002%
  • Food and beverage$7,6230%
  • Travel and lodging$5,3210%

Companies that paid Dr. Emblom 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. Benton Allen Emblom graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine

Dr. Emblom graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2002.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Alabama School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Benton Allen Emblom'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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Benton Allen Emblom's NPI number?

Dr. Benton Allen Emblom's NPI number is 1588873350. It was assigned on May 21, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Benton Allen Emblom?

Dr. Benton Allen Emblom is an orthopedic surgeon in Birmingham, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Benton Allen Emblom practice?

Dr. Emblom practices at 810 St Vincent's Drive, Birmingham, AL 35205. Dr. Emblom's primary practice is UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama, part of University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dmand AI also links Dr. Emblom to 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Benton Allen Emblom's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Emblom is (205) 939-7000.

What is Dr. Benton Allen Emblom's medical license number?

Dr. Emblom holds Alabama license 25783.

Which hospitals is Dr. Benton Allen Emblom affiliated with?

Dr. Emblom practices at UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama.

What medical group is Dr. Benton Allen Emblom part of?

Dr. Emblom is linked to Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Emblom to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Benton Allen Emblom accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Emblom billed Medicare for 672 services in 2024, and Dr. Emblom accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Benton Allen Emblom's MIPS score?

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

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Benton Allen Emblom see?

CMS counts 213 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Emblom in 2024, with an average age of 71.

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What services does Dr. Benton Allen Emblom bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Emblom's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1100), office visit, established patient (99214) and diagnostic imaging (73502).

Where did Dr. Benton Allen Emblom go to medical school?

Dr. Emblom graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2002.

What drugs does Dr. Benton Allen Emblom prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Emblom's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ondansetron HCl, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen and Cyclobenzaprine HCl.

Has Dr. Benton Allen Emblom received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,087,539 in general payments to Dr. Emblom from 14 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.

How long has Dr. Benton Allen Emblom been practicing?

Dr. Emblom graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.

Does Dr. Benton Allen Emblom do research?

Dmand AI links 29 publications to Dr. Emblom, published from 2015 to 2025. Dr. Emblom has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. Benton Allen Emblom publish with?

Dr. Emblom's most frequent co-authors are Alexander Edward Loeb, MD (3 shared papers), Amit Momaya (3 shared papers) and Benjamin Domb, MD (2 shared papers).

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