Dr. Alison Adams Black, MD

  • Dallas, TX
  • Dermatologist
NPI1285653584PAC ID8527195239
Medicare services, 2024
3,824
Medicare patients, 2024
579
Part D claims, 2024
357
Publications
2
Industry payments
$20,848
Practice address
2110 Research Row, Dallas, TX 75235
Practice phone
Call (214) 530-5200
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Primary practice

Cockerell Dermatopathology - Dallas

Clinical Lab - Full Service · Dallas, Texas

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Dr. Alison Adams Black is a dermatologist in Dallas, Texas

Dr. Black practices at Cockerell Dermatopathology - Dallas in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Black's NPI, 1285653584, was assigned on July 18, 2006. Dr. Black graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1991. Dr. Black holds Texas license J1878.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8527195239
NPI enumeration date
July 18, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(214) 530-5200
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
61
Medical school graduation
1991

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

Dr. Alison Adams Black practices at Cockerell Dermatopathology - Dallas in Dallas, Texas

Dr. Black's primary practice is Cockerell Dermatopathology - Dallas, at 2110 Research Row, Dallas, TX 75235. The practice phone is (214) 530-5200.

  • Cockerell Dermatopathology - Dallas
    2110 Research Row, Dallas, TX 75235Phone(214) 530-5200

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Dr. Alison Adams Black is affiliated with 2 sites of care

Dr. Black's primary practice is Cockerell Dermatopathology - Dallas in Dallas, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Black to 1 physician office, named with a free account.

Cockerell Dermatopathology - DallasClinical Lab - Full Service · Dallas, TexasPrimary
1 physician officeName with a free accountParent health systemName with a free account
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Alison Adams Black's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Cockerell Dermatopathology - DallasAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Alison Adams Black is one of 1,073 dermatologists in Texas

Dermatology is Dr. Black's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Black is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dr. Black is licensed in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Dermatology, TexasPrimaryLicense J1878 · 1992 to 2026 · taxonomy 207N00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acne, acute skin infection, benign or precancerous skin growths, cancerous skin growth removal, cold sores or genital herpes, contact dermatitis, hives and itchy rashes among the conditions Dr. Black treats.

Dermatologists near Dr. Black

Counts of dermatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

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

Dr. Alison Adams Black billed Medicare for 3,824 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,824 Medicare services from Dr. Black across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 579 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $159,534 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20243,824
Medicare patients579
Paid by Medicare$159,534
Procedure codes16

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 2,3462024: 2,71516%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9202024: 1,06516%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 362024: 4422%

Dr. Black compared with the Texas median for dermatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Black
  • Texas median
Medicare services
3,824vs 1,98293% above
Medicare patients
579vs 46525% above
Part D claims
220vs 43650% below

Medians across 1,030 dermatologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Black'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. Alison Adams Black treated 579 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 579 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Black in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 326 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 64% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.90, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Black's median patient age at 56, with 64% women.

Medicare patients, 2024579
Average age75
Average risk score0.90

Dr. Black's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Black's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women37264%
  • Men20736%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure64%
  3. Arthritis44%
  4. Ischemic heart disease20%
  5. Anxiety18%
  6. Diabetes17%
  7. Chronic kidney disease16%
  8. Mood disorders16%

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

Dr. Black's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 56

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women64%
  • Men35%

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

Dr. Alison Adams Black wrote 357 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Black wrote 357 Medicare Part D claims for 151 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 220 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,056 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 213 claims across 9 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024357
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$5,056
Part D patients151

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

  • Generic339 claims95%
  • Brand-name18 claims5%

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

  • Antibiotics6%22 of 357 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: 2132024: 2203%

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 9 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. Alison Adams Black scored 0 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 0 out of 100 for Dr. Black for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Black accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 1,265 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Black, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Black's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 0of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 0of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Black ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of skin lesions
95th percentile1,265 procedures
Skin biopsy
91st percentile307 procedures
Removal or shaving of skin growth
72nd percentile22 procedures

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

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 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. Alison Adams Black has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Black. Dr. Black's most frequent co-authors are Clay J. Cockerell, MD, Michael Patrick Dunnigan, DO and Anthony Phan Nikko, MD.

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Dr. Black's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Black

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

Dr. Alison Adams Black received $20,848 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 858 general payments to Dr. Black from 42 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $3,274.

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

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

$20.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$20,23397%
  • Education$4942%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$1201%

Companies that paid Dr. Black 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. Alison Adams Black has 3 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Black.

Awards and honors for Dr. Black

  1. Undated
    • AAD Fellow
    • ASDS Fellow
    • Super Doc

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Alison Adams Black graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Black graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1991. Dr. Black is a member of AAD and ASDS.

  1. Medical schoolUT Southwestern Medical Center
  2. Board certified in dermatologyAmerican Board of Dermatology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Alison Adams Black accepts plans from 8 insurance carriers

Dr. Black is in network with 8 carriers, including United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Aetna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Aetna
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
  • CMS Medicare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC

Plan types Dr. Black accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO4
  2. HMO3
  3. POS3
  4. Medicare2
  5. EPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Alison Adams Black'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
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Alison Adams Black's NPI number?

Dr. Alison Adams Black's NPI number is 1285653584. It was assigned on July 18, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Alison Adams Black?

Dr. Alison Adams Black is a dermatologist in Dallas, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).

Where does Dr. Alison Adams Black practice?

Dr. Black practices at 2110 Research Row, Dallas, TX 75235. Dr. Black's primary practice is Cockerell Dermatopathology - Dallas in Dallas, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Black to 1 physician office.

What is Dr. Alison Adams Black's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Black is (214) 530-5200.

What is Dr. Alison Adams Black's medical license number?

Dr. Black holds Texas license J1878.

Does Dr. Alison Adams Black accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Black billed Medicare for 3,824 services in 2024, and Dr. Black accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Alison Adams Black's MIPS score?

Dr. Black's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 0 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Alison Adams Black see?

CMS counts 579 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Black in 2024, with an average age of 75.

Is Dr. Alison Adams Black board certified?

Yes. Dr. Black is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology.

What services does Dr. Alison Adams Black bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Black's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000).

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Where did Dr. Alison Adams Black go to medical school?

Dr. Black graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1991.

What drugs does Dr. Alison Adams Black prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Black's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ketoconazole, Triamcinolone Acetonide and Clobetasol Propionate.

Has Dr. Alison Adams Black received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $20,848 in general payments to Dr. Black from 42 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.

How long has Dr. Alison Adams Black been practicing?

Dr. Black graduated from medical school in 1991, 35 years ago.

Does Dr. Alison Adams Black do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Black.

Who does Dr. Alison Adams Black publish with?

Dr. Black's most frequent co-authors are Clay J. Cockerell, MD (1 shared paper), Michael Patrick Dunnigan, DO (1 shared paper) and Anthony Phan Nikko, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Alison Adams Black accept?

Dr. Black is in network with 8 carriers, including United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Aetna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 4. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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