Dr. Laura Elizabeth Bach, DO

Dr. Bach practices at Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona.

Dr. Bach's NPI, 1023403623, was assigned on March 31, 2015. Dr. Bach holds Arizona license 009022.

Dr. Bach's primary practice is Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, at 3601 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723 in Pima County. The practice phone is (702) 341-3152.

Dr. Bach's primary practice is Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Bach is also affiliated with Duke University Hospital. The medical group on file is Duke Health Integrated Practice. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bach to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bach practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Bach's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Bach is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Bach's licenses on file in 2 states: Arizona and Illinois.

CMS data shows 24 Medicare services from Dr. Bach across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 40 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,430 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 40 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bach in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 24 patients. 73% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.93, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bach's median patient age at 68, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bach wrote 92 Medicare Part D claims for 52 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 58 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $795 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 14 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Bach for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bach accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 91 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Bach, more than 74% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Bach, published from 2015 to 2024. The most frequent topics are Product Labeling, Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Products. Dr. Bach's most frequent co-authors are Mark Simonds Riddle, MD and Sasha Taleban, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Bach from 4 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $182.