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Dr. Forrest G. Ringold, MD
NPI1881612786PAC ID2961683552
- Medicare services, 2024
- 349
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 219
- Part D claims, 2024
- 149
- Publications
- 4
- MIPS score, 2024
- 87
- Practice address
- 3 Mobile Infirmary Cir, Mobile, AL 36607
- Practice phone
- Call (251) 433-2609
- Professional email
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- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Surgical Association of Mobile,P.A.
Mobile, Alabama
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Dr. Forrest G. Ringold is a general surgeon in Mobile, Alabama
Dr. Ringold practices at Surgical Association of Mobile,P.A. in Mobile, Alabama.
Dr. Ringold's NPI, 1881612786, was assigned on July 18, 2006. Dr. Ringold graduated from University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Ringold holds Alabama license 22151.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1881612786NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2961683552
- NPI enumeration date
- July 18, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (251) 433-2609
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 55
- Medical school graduation
- 1997
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Forrest G. Ringold practices at Surgical Association of Mobile,P.A. in Mobile, Alabama
Dr. Ringold's primary practice is Surgical Association of Mobile,P.A., at 3 Mobile Infirmary Cir, Mobile, AL 36607 in Mobile County. The practice phone is (251) 433-2609.
- Surgical Association of Mobile,P.A.3 Mobile Infirmary Cir, Mobile, AL 36607 · Mobile CountyPhone(251) 433-2609
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Forrest G. Ringold is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Ringold's primary practice is Surgical Association of Mobile,P.A. in Mobile, Alabama. Dr. Ringold is also affiliated with Mobile Infirmary. The medical group on file is Surgical Association of Mobile, P.A. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ringold to 2 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Surgical Association of Mobile,P.A.Primary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Forrest G. Ringold's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ringold practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Surgical Association of Mobile,P.A. | 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. Forrest G. Ringold is one of 387 general surgeons in Alabama
Surgery is Dr. Ringold's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Ringold is licensed in Alabama.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, AlabamaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Forrest G. Ringold billed Medicare for 349 services in 2024
CMS data shows 349 Medicare services from Dr. Ringold across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 219 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $36,027 for them.
Medicare services, 2024349
Medicare patients219
Paid by Medicare$36,027
Procedure codes7
Dr. Ringold's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3672024: 3495%
- Surgery
- 2023: 112024: 0100%
Where Dr. Ringold's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office14642%
- In a facility20358%
Dr. Ringold compared with the Alabama median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Ringold
- Alabama median
- Medicare services
- 349vs 22059% above
- Medicare patients
- 219vs 13463% above
- Part D claims
- 59vs 9034% below
Medians across 365 general surgeons in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Ringold'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. Forrest G. Ringold treated 219 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 219 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ringold in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 91 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.17, 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. Ringold's median patient age at 61, with 60% women.
Medicare patients, 2024219
Average age72
Average risk score2.17
Also on Medicaid17%
Dr. Ringold's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Ringold's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women12959%
- Men9041%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Ringold's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis57%
- Ischemic heart disease49%
- Diabetes44%
- Chronic kidney disease42%
- Heart failure37%
- Anxiety31%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Ringold's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 61
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women60%
- Men40%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Forrest G. Ringold wrote 149 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Ringold wrote 149 Medicare Part D claims for 106 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 59 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $210 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 121 claims across 3 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024149
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$210
Part D patients106
Dr. Ringold's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic137 claims92%
- Brand-name and other12 claims8%
Dr. Ringold'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. Ringold's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids48%71 of 149 claims
- Antibiotics11%17 of 149 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: 1212024: 5951%
Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 3 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. Forrest G. Ringold scored 87 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Ringold for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ringold accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 26 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Ringold, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Ringold's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 87of 100Final score
- 69.7of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 83of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Ringold ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
- 93rd percentile26 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Colonoscopy: 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)
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 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. Forrest G. Ringold has 4 publications on record
Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Ringold, published from 2016 to 2025. The most frequent topics are Robotic Surgical Procedures. Dr. Ringold's most frequent co-authors are Harold S. Minkowitz, MD, Keith Andrew Aqua, MD and Samuel David Butensky, MD.
Papers4
Years published2016 to 2025
Dr. Ringold's papers by year, 2016 to 2025
Topics Dr. Ringold writes about most
- Robotic Surgical Procedures
Dr. Ringold's most frequent co-authors
- Harold S. Minkowitz, MD2 shared papers
- Keith Andrew Aqua, MD1 shared paper
- Samuel David Butensky, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Ringold
ElectrocoagulationLigationRobotic Surgical Procedures
Reg Anesth Pain Med
AbdomenAdministration, SublingualAnalgesia, Patient-Controlled
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Forrest G. Ringold received $696,814 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 1,107 general payments to Dr. Ringold from 43 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 51% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $518,425.
General payments to Dr. Ringold by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Ringold by kind, 2016 to 2025
$696.8Kin total
- Education$352,72851%
- Speaker and faculty fees$166,43324%
- Consulting fees$75,55011%
- Travel and lodging$72,10010%
- Other$30,0044%
Companies that paid Dr. Ringold 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. Forrest G. Ringold graduated from University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Dr. Ringold graduated from University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 1997.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Forrest G. Ringold'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 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (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. Forrest G. Ringold's NPI number?
Dr. Forrest G. Ringold's NPI number is 1881612786. It was assigned on July 18, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Forrest G. Ringold?
Dr. Forrest G. Ringold is a general surgeon in Mobile, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Forrest G. Ringold practice?
Dr. Ringold practices at 3 Mobile Infirmary Cir, Mobile, AL 36607. Dr. Ringold's primary practice is Surgical Association of Mobile,P.A. in Mobile, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ringold to 2 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Forrest G. Ringold's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Ringold is (251) 433-2609.
What is Dr. Forrest G. Ringold's medical license number?
Dr. Ringold holds Alabama license 22151.
Which hospitals is Dr. Forrest G. Ringold affiliated with?
Dr. Ringold is affiliated with Mobile Infirmary. Dmand AI links Dr. Ringold to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Forrest G. Ringold part of?
Dr. Ringold is linked to Surgical Association of Mobile, P.A.
Does Dr. Forrest G. Ringold accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ringold billed Medicare for 349 services in 2024, and Dr. Ringold accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Forrest G. Ringold's MIPS score?
Dr. Ringold's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 87 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Forrest G. Ringold see?
CMS counts 219 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ringold in 2024, with an average age of 72.
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What services does Dr. Forrest G. Ringold bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Ringold's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), office visit, established patient (99215) and hospital inpatient care (99223).
Where did Dr. Forrest G. Ringold go to medical school?
Dr. Ringold graduated from University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 1997.
What drugs does Dr. Forrest G. Ringold prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ringold's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. Forrest G. Ringold received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $696,814 in general payments to Dr. Ringold from 43 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Forrest G. Ringold been practicing?
Dr. Ringold graduated from medical school in 1997, 29 years ago.
Does Dr. Forrest G. Ringold do research?
Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Ringold, published from 2016 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Forrest G. Ringold publish with?
Dr. Ringold's most frequent co-authors are Harold S. Minkowitz, MD (2 shared papers), Keith Andrew Aqua, MD (1 shared paper) and Samuel David Butensky, MD (1 shared paper).
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