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Dr. Stephen S. Tower, MD
NPI1710915962PAC ID0244137289
- Medicare services, 2024
- 4,569
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 190
- Part D claims, 2024
- 309
- Publications
- 9
- MIPS score, 2024
- 71
- Practice address
- 3200 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508
- Practice phone
- Call (907) 562-2211
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Stephen S. Tower is an orthopedic surgeon in Anchorage, Alaska
Dr. Tower practices at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, part of Providence Health & Services.
Dr. Tower's NPI, 1710915962, was assigned on June 28, 2006. Dr. Tower graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Tower holds Alaska license 3012.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1710915962NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0244137289
- NPI enumeration date
- June 28, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (907) 562-2211
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 69
- Medical school graduation
- 1983
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Stephen S. Tower practices at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska
Dr. Tower's primary practice is Providence Alaska Medical Center, at 3200 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508 in Anchorage Borough. The practice phone is (907) 562-2211.
- Providence Alaska Medical Center3200 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508 · Anchorage BoroughPhone(907) 562-2211
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Stephen S. Tower is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Tower's primary practice is Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, part of Providence Health & Services. Dr. Tower is also affiliated with Alaska Regional Hospital. The medical group on file is Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tower to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.
Alaska Regional HospitalSelect Physical Therapy1 hospitalName with a free account3 group practices and clinicsNames with a free account2 medical groupsNames with a free account
See all 9 affiliations for Dr. TowerSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Stephen S. Tower's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Tower practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Providence Alaska Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +5 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Stephen S. Tower is one of 79 orthopedic surgeons in Alaska
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Tower's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Tower is licensed in Alaska.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, AlaskaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Stephen S. Tower billed Medicare for 4,569 services in 2024
CMS data shows 4,569 Medicare services from Dr. Tower across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 190 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $80,849 for them.
Medicare services, 20244,569
Medicare patients190
Paid by Medicare$80,849
Procedure codes10
Dr. Tower's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 8612024: 4,017367%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4092024: 3846%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1982024: 16815%
Where Dr. Tower's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office4,550100%
- In a facility190%
Dr. Tower compared with the Alaska median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Tower
- Alaska median
- Medicare services
- 4,569vs 45610.0 times
- Medicare patients
- 190vs 182Close to median
- Part D claims
- 231vs 465.0 times
Medians across 73 orthopedic surgeons in Alaska with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Tower'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. Stephen S. Tower treated 190 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 190 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tower in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 93 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 68% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.12, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Tower's median patient age at 72, with 59% women.
Medicare patients, 2024190
Average age75
Average risk score1.12
Also on Medicaid8%
Dr. Tower's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Tower's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women10857%
- Men8243%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Tower's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High cholesterol68%
- High blood pressure66%
- Diabetes24%
- Ischemic heart disease23%
- Chronic kidney disease17%
- Osteoporosis16%
- Anxiety15%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Tower'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
- Women59%
- Men41%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Stephen S. Tower wrote 309 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Tower wrote 309 Medicare Part D claims for 70 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 231 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,855 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 341 claims across 7 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024309
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$1,855
Part D patients70
Dr. Tower's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic276 claims89%
- Brand-name33 claims11%
Dr. Tower'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. Tower's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids33%102 of 309 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: 3412024: 23132%
Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 7 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. Stephen S. Tower scored 71 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 71 out of 100 for Dr. Tower for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Tower accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 25 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Tower, more than 59% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Tower's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 71of 100Final score
- 83.4of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 17of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Tower ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Knee replacement
- 59th percentile25 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of nail tissue: 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. Stephen S. Tower has 9 publications on record
Dmand AI links 9 papers to Dr. Tower, published from 2019 to 2025. The most frequent topics are Cobalt, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip and Chromium Alloys. Dr. Tower has published most often in J Patient Saf. Dr. Tower's most frequent co-authors are Robert Loren Bridges, MD, Bradford Gessner, MD and Thomas Steck.
Papers9
Years published2019 to 2025
Dr. Tower's papers by year, 2019 to 2025
Topics Dr. Tower writes about most
- Cobalt
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Chromium Alloys
- Hip Prosthesis
- Prostheses and Implants
Dr. Tower's most frequent co-authors
- Robert Loren Bridges, MD5 shared papers
- Bradford Gessner, MD4 shared papers
- Thomas Steck2 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Tower
Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipChromiumCobalt
Arthroplasty, ReplacementChromium AlloysCobalt
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Stephen S. Tower received $530 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Tower from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc. paid the most, $284.
General payments to Dr. Tower by program year, 2016 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Tower the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Stephen S. Tower graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine
Dr. Tower graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine in 1983.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Stephen S. Tower'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Stephen S. Tower's NPI number?
Dr. Stephen S. Tower's NPI number is 1710915962. It was assigned on June 28, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Stephen S. Tower?
Dr. Stephen S. Tower is an orthopedic surgeon in Anchorage, Alaska. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Stephen S. Tower practice?
Dr. Tower practices at 3200 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508. Dr. Tower's primary practice is Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, part of Providence Health & Services. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tower to 1 hospital, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. Stephen S. Tower's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Tower is (907) 562-2211.
What is Dr. Stephen S. Tower's medical license number?
Dr. Tower holds Alaska license 3012.
Which hospitals is Dr. Stephen S. Tower affiliated with?
Dr. Tower practices at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Dr. Tower is also affiliated with Alaska Regional Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Tower to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Stephen S. Tower part of?
Dr. Tower is linked to Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI links Dr. Tower to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Stephen S. Tower accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Tower billed Medicare for 4,569 services in 2024, and Dr. Tower accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Stephen S. Tower's MIPS score?
Dr. Tower's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 71 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Stephen S. Tower see?
CMS counts 190 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tower in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Stephen S. Tower bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Tower's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J1010), injected or infused drug (J1100) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Stephen S. Tower go to medical school?
Dr. Tower graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine in 1983.
What drugs does Dr. Stephen S. Tower prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Tower's most prescribed drugs by claims were Gabapentin, Tramadol HCl and Meloxicam.
Has Dr. Stephen S. Tower received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $530 in general payments to Dr. Tower from 10 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.
How long has Dr. Stephen S. Tower been practicing?
Dr. Tower graduated from medical school in 1983, 43 years ago.
Does Dr. Stephen S. Tower do research?
Dmand AI links 9 publications to Dr. Tower, published from 2019 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Stephen S. Tower publish with?
Dr. Tower's most frequent co-authors are Robert Loren Bridges, MD (5 shared papers), Bradford Gessner, MD (4 shared papers) and Thomas Steck (2 shared papers).
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