Dr. Robert Kent Merrill, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 482
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 202
- Part D claims, 2024
- 210
- MIPS score, 2024
- 84
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 24 Hospital Ave, Danbury, CT 06810
- Practice phone
- Call (203) 739-7000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Robert Kent Merrill is an orthopedic surgeon in Danbury, Connecticut
Dr. Merrill practices at Northwell Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut, part of Northwell Health.
Dr. Merrill's NPI, 1891225405, was assigned on June 15, 2017. Dr. Merrill graduated from Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai in 2016. Dr. Merrill holds Connecticut license 74012.
- NPI
- 1891225405NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8022498948
- NPI enumeration date
- June 15, 2017
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (203) 739-7000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 35
- Medical school graduation
- 2016
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Robert Kent Merrill practices at Northwell Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut
Dr. Merrill's primary practice is Northwell Danbury Hospital, at 24 Hospital Ave, Danbury, CT 06810 in Fairfield County. The practice phone is (203) 739-7000.
- Northwell Danbury Hospital24 Hospital Ave, Danbury, CT 06810 · Fairfield CountyPhone(203) 739-7000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Robert Kent Merrill is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Merrill's primary practice is Northwell Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut, part of Northwell Health. Dr. Merrill is also affiliated with Norwalk Hospital. The medical group on file is Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Merrill to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert Kent Merrill's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Merrill practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Northwell Danbury Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +2 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Robert Kent Merrill is one of 300 orthopedic surgeons in Connecticut
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Merrill's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Merrill's licenses on file in 3 states: Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, ConnecticutPrimary
- New York license
- Pennsylvania license
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Merrill
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Robert Kent Merrill billed Medicare for 482 services in 2024
CMS data shows 482 Medicare services from Dr. Merrill across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 202 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $30,619 for them.
Dr. Merrill's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 282024: 3491146%
- Imaging
- 2023: 152024: 121707%
- Surgery
- 2023: 02024: 12
Where Dr. Merrill's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office43891%
- In a facility449%
Dr. Merrill compared with the Connecticut median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Merrill
- Connecticut median
- Medicare services
- 482vs 86444% below
- Medicare patients
- 202vs 207Close to median
- Part D claims
- 181vs 12248% above
Medians across 297 orthopedic surgeons in Connecticut with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Merrill'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. Robert Kent Merrill treated 202 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 202 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Merrill in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 84 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.30, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Merrill's median patient age at 57, with 53% women.
Dr. Merrill's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Merrill's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women10753%
- Men9547%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Merrill's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease37%
- Anxiety35%
- Mood disorders33%
- Depression28%
- Osteoporosis28%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Merrill's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 57
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women53%
- Men45%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Robert Kent Merrill wrote 210 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Merrill wrote 210 Medicare Part D claims for 111 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 181 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $856 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 21 claims across 1 drug.
Dr. Merrill'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. Merrill's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids20%42 of 210 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: 212024: 181762%
Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 1 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. Robert Kent Merrill scored 84 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Merrill for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Merrill accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 43 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Merrill, more than 72% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Merrill's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 84of 100Final score
- 82.6of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 65of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Merrill ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Spinal fusion
- 65th percentile71 procedures
- Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
- 72nd percentile43 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
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. Robert Kent Merrill received $5,541 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 58 general payments to Dr. Merrill from 12 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 54% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $2,298.
General payments to Dr. Merrill by program year, 2022 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Merrill by kind, 2022 to 2025
- Food and beverage$2,97954%
- Travel and lodging$2,56246%
Companies that paid Dr. Merrill the most, 2022 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Robert Kent Merrill graduated from Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Dr. Merrill graduated from Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai in 2016.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Robert Kent Merrill'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) |
| 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. Robert Kent Merrill's NPI number?
Dr. Robert Kent Merrill's NPI number is 1891225405. It was assigned on June 15, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert Kent Merrill?
Dr. Robert Kent Merrill is an orthopedic surgeon in Danbury, Connecticut. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Robert Kent Merrill practice?
Dr. Merrill practices at 24 Hospital Ave, Danbury, CT 06810. Dr. Merrill's primary practice is Northwell Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut, part of Northwell Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Merrill to 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Robert Kent Merrill's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Merrill is (203) 739-7000.
What is Dr. Robert Kent Merrill's medical license number?
Dr. Merrill holds Connecticut license 74012, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.
Which states has Dr. Robert Kent Merrill been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Merrill in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania.
Which hospitals is Dr. Robert Kent Merrill affiliated with?
Dr. Merrill practices at Northwell Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut. Dr. Merrill is also affiliated with Norwalk Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Robert Kent Merrill part of?
Dr. Merrill is linked to Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists.
Does Dr. Robert Kent Merrill accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Merrill billed Medicare for 482 services in 2024, and Dr. Merrill accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Robert Kent Merrill's MIPS score?
Dr. Merrill's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 84 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert Kent Merrill see?
CMS counts 202 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Merrill in 2024, with an average age of 76.
What services does Dr. Robert Kent Merrill bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Merrill's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99212), office visit, established patient (99213) and diagnostic imaging (72100).
Where did Dr. Robert Kent Merrill go to medical school?
Dr. Merrill graduated from Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai in 2016.
What drugs does Dr. Robert Kent Merrill prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Merrill's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Gabapentin and Oxycodone HCl.
Has Dr. Robert Kent Merrill received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $5,541 in general payments to Dr. Merrill from 12 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.
How long has Dr. Robert Kent Merrill been practicing?
Dr. Merrill graduated from medical school in 2016, 10 years ago.
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