Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Forrest G Ringold, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1881612786

Dr. Forrest G Ringold, MD practises General Surgery in Mobile, Alabama. Graduated from University of South Alabama College of Medicine in 1997, 29 years ago. Practices with Surgical Association of Mobile, PA, a 6-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama.

Years since qualifying
29
Trained at
University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Licensed in
AL
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

3 Mobile Infirmary Cir Ste 212
Mobile, AL 36607-3520 Not confirmed with CMS for 14 years — call before visiting
Phone: (251) 433-2609
Fax: (251) 438-9607
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 22151 (AL)

Record details

NPI number1881612786
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 18, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJuly 25, 2012

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1997 (29 years in practice)
Group practice Surgical Association Of Mobile,P.A. — 6 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 24 times · 92nd percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 12 times · 44th percentile
Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients219
Services billed 457 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Education $40,400 19 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $22,625 15 payments
Travel and Lodging $12,178 48 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Consulting Fee $4,000 1 payment
Food and Beverage $1,928 33 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Acquisitions $1,039 1 payment · reported in connection with a company buying a business or assets; a purchase price, not pay for services

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Thomas Hospital Hospital · Fairhope, AL · listed as Gulf Health Hospitals, Inc
  • Mobile Infirmary Medical Center Hospital · Mobile, AL
  • Springhill Medical Center Hospital · Mobile, AL

Colleagues at Surgical Association of Mobile, PA

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

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