Dr. Luther Dwight Baker, MD

Dr. Baker practices at Russell Medical in Alexander City, Alabama, part of University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Baker's NPI, 1114062106, was assigned on February 20, 2007. Dr. Baker holds Georgia license 23893.

Dr. Baker's primary practice is Russell Medical, at 3316 Highway 280, Alexander City, AL 35010 in Tallapoosa County. The practice phone is (256) 329-7100.

Dr. Baker's primary practice is Russell Medical in Alexander City, Alabama, part of University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Baker is also affiliated with Miller County Hospital. The medical group on file is Healogics Specialty Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Baker to 2 more home health agencies and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Baker practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Plastic and reconstructive surgery is Dr. Baker's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0122X. Dmand AI has Dr. Baker's licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and Alabama.

CMS data shows 3,776 Medicare services from Dr. Baker across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 133 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $302,851 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 133 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Baker in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 50 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 60% have high cholesterol. 80% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 6.22, 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. Baker's median patient age at 72, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Baker wrote 228 Medicare Part D claims for 59 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 203 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,909 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 140 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Baker for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Baker accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 532 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Baker, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 50 general payments to Dr. Baker from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Debt forgiveness make up the largest share, 87% of the total. Mentor Worldwide LLC paid the most, $39,424.