Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz, DO, MPH
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,590
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 450
- Part D claims, 2024
- 444
- MIPS score, 2024
- 100
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 2500 South Woodworth Loop, Palmer, AK 99645
- Practice phone
- Call (907) 861-6000
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz is a hospitalist in Palmer, Alaska
Dr. Walz practices at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska, part of Community Health Systems.
Dr. Walz's NPI, 1407098577, was assigned on April 3, 2009. Dr. Walz holds Alaska license 7816.
- NPI
- 1407098577NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7214176635
- NPI enumeration date
- April 3, 2009
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (907) 861-6000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 43
- Medical school graduation
- 2009
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz practices at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska
Dr. Walz's primary practice is Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, at 2500 South Woodworth Loop, Palmer, AK 99645 in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The practice phone is (907) 861-6000.
- Mat-Su Regional Medical Center2500 South Woodworth Loop, Palmer, AK 99645 · Matanuska-Susitna BoroughPhone(907) 861-6000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Walz's primary practice is Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska, part of Community Health Systems. The medical group on file is The Alaska Hospitalist Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walz to 2 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Walz practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Mat-Su Regional Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz is one of 68 hospitalists in Alaska
Hospitalist is Dr. Walz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Walz's licenses on file in 2 states: Alaska and Montana.
Specialties and state licenses
- Hospitalist, AlaskaPrimary
- Family medicine, Montana
Hospitalists near Dr. Walz
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz billed Medicare for 1,590 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,590 Medicare services from Dr. Walz across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 450 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $175,045 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Dr. Walz's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,4122024: 1,57612%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 412024: 1466%
Dr. Walz compared with the Alaska median for hospitalists, 2024
- Dr. Walz
- Alaska median
- Medicare services
- 1,590vs 6972.3 times
- Medicare patients
- 450vs 27067% above
- Part D claims
- 133vs 443.0 times
Medians across 67 hospitalists in Alaska with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Walz'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. Benjamin Dale Walz treated 450 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 450 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 180 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 36% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.09, 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. Walz's median patient age at 72, with 57% women.
Dr. Walz's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Walz's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women24855%
- Men20245%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Walz's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol74%
- Arthritis54%
- Ischemic heart disease46%
- Heart failure45%
- Diabetes43%
- Chronic kidney disease42%
- COPD40%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Walz's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women57%
- Men43%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz wrote 444 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Walz wrote 444 Medicare Part D claims for 184 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 133 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $11,597 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 137 claims across 9 drugs.
Dr. Walz's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic369 claims83%
- Brand-name and other75 claims17%
Dr. Walz'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. Walz's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids2%11 of 444 claims
- Antibiotics19%83 of 444 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: 1372024: 1333%
Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 9 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. Benjamin Dale Walz scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Walz for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Walz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Walz's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 100of 100Final score
- 100of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 100of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz received $34 in industry payments in 2016
CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Walz from 2 drug and device companies in 2016. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $19.
Companies that paid Dr. Walz the most, 2016 to 2016
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz's NPI number?
Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz's NPI number is 1407098577. It was assigned on April 3, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz?
Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz is a hospitalist in Palmer, Alaska. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Hospitalist Physician (taxonomy code 208M00000X).
Where does Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz practice?
Dr. Walz practices at 2500 South Woodworth Loop, Palmer, AK 99645. Dr. Walz's primary practice is Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska, part of Community Health Systems. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walz to 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Walz is (907) 861-6000.
What is Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz's medical license number?
Dr. Walz holds Alaska license 7816, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Walz in Alaska and Montana.
Which hospitals is Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz affiliated with?
Dr. Walz practices at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska.
What medical group is Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz part of?
Dr. Walz is linked to The Alaska Hospitalist Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Walz to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Walz billed Medicare for 1,590 services in 2024, and Dr. Walz accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz's MIPS score?
Dr. Walz's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported individually.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz see?
CMS counts 450 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walz in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Walz's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99232) and hospital inpatient care (99239).
What drugs does Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Walz's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass, Cephalexin and Pantoprazole Sodium.
Has Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $34 in general payments to Dr. Walz from 2 companies from 2016 to 2016. The largest total came from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation.
How long has Dr. Benjamin Dale Walz been practicing?
Dr. Walz graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.
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