Dr. Benjamin David Shepherd, MD

Dr. Shepherd practices at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama, part of City of Huntsville, AL.

Dr. Shepherd's NPI, 1346680782, was assigned on June 30, 2013. Dr. Shepherd holds Alabama license MD.40425.

Dr. Shepherd's primary practice is Huntsville Hospital, at 101 Sivley Rd, Huntsville, AL 35801 in Madison County. The practice phone is (256) 265-1000.

Dr. Shepherd's primary practice is Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama, part of City of Huntsville, AL. Dr. Shepherd is also affiliated with Crestwood Medical Center. The medical group on file is Valley Vascular Consultants. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shepherd to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Vascular surgery is Dr. Shepherd's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0129X. Dmand AI has Dr. Shepherd's licenses on file in 2 states: Alabama and Mississippi.

CMS data shows 1,353 Medicare services from Dr. Shepherd across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 462 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $121,241 for them.

CMS counts 462 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shepherd in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 173 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.54, 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. Shepherd's median patient age at 70, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Shepherd wrote 256 Medicare Part D claims for 124 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 187 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $22,888 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 194 claims across 6 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Shepherd for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Shepherd accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 257 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Shepherd, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Varicose vein removal: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Shepherd in 2020. The most frequent topics are Tomography, X-Ray Computed. Dr. Shepherd has published most often in Am Surg. Dr. Shepherd's most frequent co-authors are Ramola Panchal, MD, Hannah Copeland, MD and Pierre Edouard De Delva, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 238 general payments to Dr. Shepherd from 50 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 83% of the total. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. paid the most, $3,476.