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Dr. Ron Clark, MD
NPI1073511598PAC ID2365429719
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,112
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 518
- Part D claims, 2024
- 753
- Publications
- 6
- MIPS score, 2024
- 15
- Practice address
- 3601 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723
- Practice phone
- Call (702) 341-3152
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Tucson, Arizona
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Dr. Ron Clark is an orthopedic surgeon in Tucson, Arizona
Dr. Clark practices at Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona.
Dr. Clark's NPI, 1073511598, was assigned on July 8, 2005. Dr. Clark graduated from UTMB Health in 1986. Dr. Clark's Indiana license number on file is 01051209A.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1073511598NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2365429719
- NPI enumeration date
- July 8, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (702) 341-3152
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 66
- Medical school graduation
- 1986
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ron Clark practices at Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona
Dr. Clark'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.
- Southern Arizona VA Health Care System3601 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723 · Pima CountyPhone(702) 341-3152
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Ron Clark is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Clark's primary practice is Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Clark is also affiliated with Onvida Health Yuma Medical Center. The medical group on file is The Bone and Joint Center of Yuma. Dmand AI also links Dr. Clark to 2 more home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Southern Arizona VA Health Care SystemPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ron Clark's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Clark practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Southern Arizona VA Health Care System | Available with a free account |
| +4 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ron Clark is one of 377 orthopedic surgeons in Arizona
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Clark's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Clark's licenses on file in 7 states: Indiana, California, Arizona, Idaho, Texas, Utah and Nevada.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, IndianaPrimary
- California license
- Arizona license
- Idaho license
- Texas license
- Utah license
- Nevada license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists ankle or foot injury, arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, broken or dislocated ankle/ or foot, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms and fluid in a joint among the conditions Dr. Clark treats.
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Clark
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ron Clark billed Medicare for 2,112 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,112 Medicare services from Dr. Clark across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 518 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $83,617 for them.
Medicare services, 20242,112
Medicare patients518
Paid by Medicare$83,617
Procedure codes10
Dr. Clark's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 7812024: 7198%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 8452024: 69618%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 5692024: 5611%
- Imaging
- 2023: 2162024: 13637%
- Other services
- 2023: 162024: 0100%
Where Dr. Clark's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2,09099%
- In a facility221%
Dr. Clark compared with the Arizona median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Clark
- Arizona median
- Medicare services
- 2,112vs 9882.1 times
- Medicare patients
- 518vs 28780% above
- Part D claims
- 716vs 749.7 times
Medians across 343 orthopedic surgeons in Arizona with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Clark'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. Ron Clark treated 518 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 518 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Clark in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 227 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Clark's median patient age at 72, with 52% women.
Medicare patients, 2024518
Average age76
Average risk score1.01
Also on Medicaid5%
Dr. Clark's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Clark's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women31160%
- Men20740%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Clark's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis74%
- Diabetes31%
- Ischemic heart disease31%
- Chronic kidney disease28%
- Mood disorders18%
- Anxiety17%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Clark'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
- Women52%
- Men48%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ron Clark wrote 753 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Clark wrote 753 Medicare Part D claims for 263 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 716 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $10,004 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 726 claims across 11 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024753
Drugs named by CMS12
Total drug cost$10,004
Part D patients263
Dr. Clark's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic725 claims96%
- Brand-name28 claims4%
Dr. Clark'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. Clark's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids24%183 of 753 claims
- Antibiotics2%13 of 753 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: 7262024: 7161%
Drugs named by CMS: 12 in 2024, 11 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. Ron Clark scored 15 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 15 out of 100 for Dr. Clark for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Clark accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 17 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Clark, more than 48% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Clark's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 15of 100Final score
- 0of 100Quality
- 0of 100Improvement Activities
- 50of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Clark ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Knee replacement
- 48th percentile17 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 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. Ron Clark has 6 publications on record
Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Clark. The most frequent topics are Arthroscopy, Orthopedics and Radiography. Dr. Clark has published most often in Clin Orthop Relat Res. Dr. Clark's most frequent co-author is Jon D. Levine, MD.
Papers6
Topics Dr. Clark writes about most
- Arthroscopy
- Orthopedics
- Radiography
- Sheep
Dr. Clark's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Clark
Intraneuronal substance P contributes to the severity of experimental arthritis (opens in a new tab)
Science
ArthritisDouble-Blind MethodHindlimb
Am J Sports Med
Internal FixatorsOrthopticsSheep
Fractures, BoneOrthopedicsProstheses and Implants
Anterior Cruciate LigamentArthroplastyArthroscopy
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Ron Clark received $814 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023
CMS Open Payments shows 16 general payments to Dr. Clark from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Royalties and licenses make up the largest share, 57% of the total. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. paid the most, $462.
General payments to Dr. Clark by program year, 2016 to 2023
General payments to Dr. Clark by kind, 2016 to 2023
$814in total
- Royalties and licenses$46257%
- Food and beverage$35243%
Companies that paid Dr. Clark the most, 2016 to 2023
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ron Clark has 5 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 5 awards for Dr. Clark, most recently Dean's List in 1984.
Awards and honors for Dr. Clark
- 1984
- Dean's List
- 1979
- Presidential Scholar
- Undated
- Alvina S. Barrett academic scholarship
- Editorial Board Member
- Reviewer
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ron Clark graduated from UTMB Health
Dr. Clark graduated from UTMB Health in 1986.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ron Clark accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers
Dr. Clark is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Elevance
- Aspirus Health Plan
- HCSC
- Humana
- Alliant Health Plans
- +6 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Clark accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO9
- HMO7
- EPO4
- Medicare4
- POS4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Ron Clark'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Ron Clark's NPI number?
Dr. Ron Clark's NPI number is 1073511598. It was assigned on July 8, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ron Clark?
Dr. Ron Clark is an orthopedic surgeon in Tucson, Arizona. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Ron Clark practice?
Dr. Clark practices at 3601 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723. Dr. Clark's primary practice is Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona. Dmand AI also links Dr. Clark to 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Ron Clark's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Clark is (702) 341-3152.
What is Dr. Ron Clark's medical license number?
Dr. Clark's Indiana license number on file is 01051209A, one of the licenses on file in 7 states.
Which states has Dr. Ron Clark been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Clark in Indiana (1999 to 2013), California (since 1988), Arizona (2012 to 2026), Idaho (1999 to 2024), Texas (1987 to 2022), Utah (1991 to 2010) and Nevada (1993 to 2003).
Which hospitals is Dr. Ron Clark affiliated with?
Dr. Clark is affiliated with Onvida Health Yuma Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Ron Clark part of?
Dr. Clark is linked to The Bone and Joint Center of Yuma.
Does Dr. Ron Clark accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Clark billed Medicare for 2,112 services in 2024, and Dr. Clark accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Ron Clark's MIPS score?
Dr. Clark's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 15 out of 100, reported individually.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ron Clark see?
CMS counts 518 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Clark in 2024, with an average age of 76.
What services does Dr. Ron Clark bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Clark's most billed Medicare services were surgery: bones and joints (20610), office visit, established patient (99213) and injected or infused drug (J3301).
Where did Dr. Ron Clark go to medical school?
Dr. Clark graduated from UTMB Health in 1986.
What drugs does Dr. Ron Clark prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Clark's most prescribed drugs by claims were Gabapentin, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen and Tramadol HCl.
Has Dr. Ron Clark received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $814 in general payments to Dr. Clark from 8 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
How long has Dr. Ron Clark been practicing?
Dr. Clark graduated from medical school in 1986, 40 years ago.
Does Dr. Ron Clark do research?
Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Clark.
Who does Dr. Ron Clark publish with?
Dr. Clark's most frequent co-authors are Jon D. Levine, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Ron Clark accept?
Dr. Clark is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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