Richard Morrell Tanner Jr.

  • Northport, AL
  • General surgeon
NPI1679936827PAC ID9638460017
Medicare services, 2024
232
Medicare patients, 2024
152
Part D claims, 2024
68
MIPS score, 2024
94
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
2700 Hospital Dr, Northport, AL 35476
Practice phone
Call (205) 759-7378
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Northport Medical Center

Northport, Alabama

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Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. is a general surgeon in Northport, Alabama

Richard Tanner practices at Northport Medical Center in Northport, Alabama.

Richard Tanner's NPI, 1679936827, was assigned on April 4, 2016. Richard Tanner graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2016. Richard Tanner holds Tennessee license 65498.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9638460017
NPI enumeration date
April 4, 2016
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(205) 759-7378
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
36
Medical school graduation
2016

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

Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. practices at Northport Medical Center in Northport, Alabama

Richard Tanner's primary practice is Northport Medical Center, at 2700 Hospital Dr, Northport, AL 35476 in Tuscaloosa County. The practice phone is (205) 759-7378.

  • Northport Medical Center
    2700 Hospital Dr, Northport, AL 35476 · Tuscaloosa CountyPhone(205) 759-7378

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Richard Tanner's primary practice is Northport Medical Center in Northport, Alabama. Richard Tanner is also affiliated with DCH Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is West Alabama Urology Associates. Dmand AI also links Richard Tanner to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Richard Morrell Tanner Jr.'s practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Richard Tanner practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Northport Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. is one of 387 general surgeons in Alabama

Surgery is Richard Tanner's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Richard Tanner is licensed in Tennessee.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, TennesseePrimaryLicense 65498 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Richard Tanner

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Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. billed Medicare for 232 services in 2024

CMS data shows 232 Medicare services from Richard Tanner across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 152 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $26,259 for them.

Medicare services, 2024232
Medicare patients152
Paid by Medicare$26,259
Procedure codes11

Richard Tanner's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1722024: 1826%
Surgery
2023: 152024: 2780%
Imaging
2023: 02024: 23

Where Richard Tanner's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office5825%
  • In a facility17475%

Richard Tanner compared with the Alabama median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Richard Tanner
  • Alabama median
Medicare services
232vs 2205% above
Medicare patients
152vs 13413% above
Part D claims
40vs 9056% below

Medians across 365 general surgeons in Alabama with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Richard Tanner'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

Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. treated 152 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 152 Medicare patients who saw Richard Tanner in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 60 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.93, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Richard Tanner's median patient age at 66, with 60% women.

Medicare patients, 2024152
Average age73
Average risk score1.93
Also on Medicaid17%

Richard Tanner's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Richard Tanner's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women9261%
  • Men6039%

Chronic conditions among Richard Tanner's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Diabetes43%
  5. Mood disorders38%
  6. Anxiety36%
  7. Depression35%
  8. Ischemic heart disease33%

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

Richard Tanner's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 66

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women60%
  • Men39%

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

Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. wrote 68 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Richard Tanner wrote 68 Medicare Part D claims for 51 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 40 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $127 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 27 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202468
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$127
Part D patients51

Richard Tanner'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 Richard Tanner's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids59%40 of 68 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: 272024: 4048%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 1 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

Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Richard Tanner for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Richard Tanner accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 219 procedures of removal of tissue by Richard Tanner, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Richard Tanner's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 94of 100Final score
  • 92.6of 100Quality
  • 93of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Richard Tanner ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of tissue
92nd percentile219 procedures

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

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

Skin biopsy: 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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Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. received $1,608 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 36 general payments to Richard Tanner from 13 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 70% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $675.

General payments to Richard Tanner by program year, 2022 to 2025

General payments to Richard Tanner by kind, 2022 to 2025

$1.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,12770%
  • Travel and lodging$26917%
  • Education$21313%

Companies that paid Richard Tanner the most, 2022 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

Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine

Richard Tanner graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2016.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Alabama School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Richard Morrell Tanner Jr.'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)
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 Richard Morrell Tanner Jr.'s NPI number?

Richard Morrell Tanner Jr.'s NPI number is 1679936827. It was assigned on April 4, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. specialize in?

Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. is a general surgeon in Northport, Alabama. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. practice?

Richard Tanner practices at 2700 Hospital Dr, Northport, AL 35476. Richard Tanner's primary practice is Northport Medical Center in Northport, Alabama. Dmand AI also links Richard Tanner to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Richard Morrell Tanner Jr.'s office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Richard Tanner is (205) 759-7378.

What is Richard Morrell Tanner Jr.'s medical license number?

Richard Tanner holds Tennessee license 65498.

Which hospitals is Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. affiliated with?

Richard Tanner is affiliated with DCH Regional Medical Center.

What medical group is Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. part of?

Richard Tanner is linked to West Alabama Urology Associates.

Does Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Richard Tanner billed Medicare for 232 services in 2024, and Richard Tanner accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Richard Morrell Tanner Jr.'s MIPS score?

Richard Tanner's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. see?

CMS counts 152 Medicare patients who saw Richard Tanner in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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What services does Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Richard Tanner's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99232) and hospital inpatient care (99223).

Where did Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. go to medical school?

Richard Tanner graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2016.

What drugs does Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Richard Tanner's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Oxycodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,608 in general payments to Richard Tanner from 13 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Richard Morrell Tanner Jr. been practicing?

Richard Tanner graduated from medical school in 2016, 10 years ago.

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