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Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer, MD
NPI1720051089PAC ID6608892625
- Medicare services, 2024
- 577
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 319
- Part D claims, 2024
- 195
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 71
- Practice address
- 1230 Northway Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
- Practice phone
- Call (907) 550-6100
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Alaska Surgery Center
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Anchorage, Alaska
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Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer is an otolaryngologist in Anchorage, Alaska
Dr. Schaffer practices at Alaska Surgery Center in Anchorage, Alaska.
Dr. Schaffer's NPI, 1720051089, was assigned on February 8, 2006. Dr. Schaffer graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Schaffer holds Colorado license 41238.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1720051089NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6608892625
- NPI enumeration date
- February 8, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (907) 550-6100
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 49
- Medical school graduation
- 2003
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer practices at Alaska Surgery Center in Anchorage, Alaska
Dr. Schaffer's primary practice is Alaska Surgery Center, at 1230 Northway Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508. The practice phone is (907) 550-6100.
- Alaska Surgery Center1230 Northway Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508Phone(907) 550-6100
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 6 medical groups
Dr. Schaffer's primary practice is Alaska Surgery Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Dr. Schaffer is also affiliated with Providence Alaska Medical Center. The medical group on file is Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Schaffer to 2 more hospitals, 5 medical groups and 4 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.
Alaska Surgery CenterPrimary
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Schaffer practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Alaska Surgery Center | Available with a free account |
| +7 more sites and 5 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer is one of 26 otolaryngologists in Alaska
Otolaryngology is Dr. Schaffer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dr. Schaffer is licensed in Colorado.
Specialties and state licenses
- Otolaryngology, ColoradoPrimary
Otolaryngologists near Dr. Schaffer
Counts of otolaryngologists 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. Stephen B. Schaffer billed Medicare for 577 services in 2024
CMS data shows 577 Medicare services from Dr. Schaffer across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 319 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $50,062 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 2024577
Medicare patients319
Paid by Medicare$50,062
Procedure codes6
Dr. Schaffer's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3182024: 35211%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2502024: 22510%
- Imaging
- 2023: 302024: 0100%
Dr. Schaffer compared with the Alaska median for otolaryngologists, 2024
- Dr. Schaffer
- Alaska median
- Medicare services
- 577vs 2482.3 times
- Medicare patients
- 319vs 16593% above
- Part D claims
- 99vs 472.1 times
Medians across 27 otolaryngologists in Alaska with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Schaffer'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 B. Schaffer treated 319 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 319 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Schaffer in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 160 patients. 67% of them have high cholesterol, and 64% have high blood pressure. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.07, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Schaffer's median patient age at 45, with 53% women.
Medicare patients, 2024319
Average age72
Average risk score1.07
Also on Medicaid20%
Dr. Schaffer's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Schaffer's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women19260%
- Men12740%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Schaffer's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol67%
- High blood pressure64%
- Arthritis45%
- Diabetes27%
- Ischemic heart disease26%
- Anxiety19%
- Mood disorders19%
- Depression16%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Schaffer's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 45
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women53%
- Men46%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer wrote 195 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Schaffer wrote 195 Medicare Part D claims for 95 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 99 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,969 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 60 claims across 3 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024195
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$1,969
Part D patients95
Dr. Schaffer's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic192 claims98%
- Brand-name and other3 claims2%
Dr. Schaffer'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. Schaffer's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids8%16 of 195 claims
- Antibiotics28%54 of 195 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: 602024: 9965%
Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 3 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 B. Schaffer 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. Schaffer for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Schaffer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Schaffer'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.
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Skin biopsy: 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 B. Schaffer has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Schaffer.
Papers1
Recent publications by Dr. Schaffer
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer received $2,828 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 58 general payments to Dr. Schaffer from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Intersect ENT, Inc. paid the most, $1,116.
General payments to Dr. Schaffer by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Schaffer by kind, 2016 to 2025
$2.8Kin total
- Food and beverage$2,72396%
- Consulting fees$1054%
Companies that paid Dr. Schaffer 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 B. Schaffer graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine
Dr. Schaffer graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2003.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer'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 B. Schaffer's NPI number?
Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer's NPI number is 1720051089. It was assigned on February 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer?
Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer is an otolaryngologist in Anchorage, Alaska. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Otolaryngology Physician (taxonomy code 207Y00000X).
Where does Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer practice?
Dr. Schaffer practices at 1230 Northway Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508. Dr. Schaffer's primary practice is Alaska Surgery Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Dmand AI also links Dr. Schaffer to 2 hospitals, 5 medical groups and 4 group practices and clinics.
What is Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Schaffer is (907) 550-6100.
What is Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer's medical license number?
Dr. Schaffer holds Colorado license 41238.
Which hospitals is Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer affiliated with?
Dr. Schaffer is affiliated with Providence Alaska Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Schaffer to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer part of?
Dr. Schaffer is linked to Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI links Dr. Schaffer to 5 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Schaffer billed Medicare for 577 services in 2024, and Dr. Schaffer accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer's MIPS score?
Dr. Schaffer'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 B. Schaffer see?
CMS counts 319 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Schaffer in 2024, with an average age of 72.
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What services does Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Schaffer's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, new patient (99203) and surgery: lungs and airway (31575).
Where did Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer go to medical school?
Dr. Schaffer graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2003.
What drugs does Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Schaffer's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ipratropium Bromide, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass and Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil.
Has Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,828 in general payments to Dr. Schaffer from 15 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intersect ENT, Inc.
How long has Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer been practicing?
Dr. Schaffer graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.
Does Dr. Stephen B. Schaffer do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Schaffer.
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