Dr. Caroline West Laggis, MD

Dr. Laggis practices at Mountain West Dermatology in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Dr. Laggis' NPI, 1295197853, was assigned on March 23, 2016. Dr. Laggis graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Laggis holds Colorado license DR.0063933.

Dr. Laggis' primary practice is Mountain West Dermatology, at 2655 Little Bookcliff Dr, Grand Junction, CO 81501 in Mesa County. The practice phone is (970) 242-7273.

Dr. Laggis' primary practice is Mountain West Dermatology in Grand Junction, Colorado. Dr. Laggis is also affiliated with St. Mary's Regional Hospital. The medical group on file is Mountain West Dermatology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Laggis to 1 more hospital, 5 medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Laggis practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Dermatology is Dr. Laggis' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Laggis' licenses on file in 2 states: Colorado and Utah.

CMS data shows 4,342 Medicare services from Dr. Laggis across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 831 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $190,053 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 831 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Laggis in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 474 patients. 50% of them have high blood pressure, and 50% have high cholesterol. 2% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.84, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Laggis' median patient age at 70, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Laggis wrote 1,427 Medicare Part D claims for 493 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,253 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $638,208 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 942 claims across 22 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Laggis for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Laggis accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 1,203 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Laggis, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Laggis, published from 2017 to 2022. 2019 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Dermatology, Skin Diseases and Skin Neoplasms. Dr. Laggis has published most often in Am J Dermatopathol. Dr. Laggis' most frequent co-authors are James Abbott, MD, Keith Duffy, MD and Carrie L. Kovarik, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 79 general payments to Dr. Laggis from 17 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $767.

Dr. Laggis graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2016.