Dr. David Michael Tainter, MD

  • Newark, DE
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1851710248PAC ID2860727088
Medicare services, 2024
474
Medicare patients, 2024
200
Part D claims, 2024
71
MIPS score, 2024
82
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
1096 Old Churchmans Road, Newark, DE 19713
Practice phone
Call (302) 351-4848
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Primary practice

Orthopaedic Specialists Surgi-Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Newark, Delaware

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Dr. David Michael Tainter is an orthopedic surgeon in Newark, Delaware

Dr. Tainter practices at Orthopaedic Specialists Surgi-Center in Newark, Delaware.

Dr. Tainter's NPI, 1851710248, was assigned on April 14, 2014. Dr. Tainter holds Delaware license C1-0013650.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2860727088
NPI enumeration date
April 14, 2014
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(302) 351-4848
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
38
Medical school graduation
2014

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. David Michael Tainter practices at Orthopaedic Specialists Surgi-Center in Newark, Delaware

Dr. Tainter's primary practice is Orthopaedic Specialists Surgi-Center, at 1096 Old Churchmans Road, Newark, DE 19713. The practice phone is (302) 351-4848.

  • Orthopaedic Specialists Surgi-Center
    1096 Old Churchmans Road, Newark, DE 19713Phone(302) 351-4848

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Dr. David Michael Tainter is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Tainter's primary practice is Orthopaedic Specialists Surgi-Center in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Tainter is also affiliated with Christiana Hospital. The medical group on file is Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tainter to 1 more hospital, 3 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David Michael Tainter's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Tainter practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Orthopaedic Specialists Surgi-CenterAvailable with a free account
+6 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. David Michael Tainter is one of 64 orthopedic surgeons in Delaware

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Tainter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Tainter is licensed in Delaware.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, DelawarePrimaryLicense C1-0013650 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Tainter

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Dr. David Michael Tainter billed Medicare for 474 services in 2024

CMS data shows 474 Medicare services from Dr. Tainter across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 200 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $63,297 for them.

Medicare services, 2024474
Medicare patients200
Paid by Medicare$63,297
Procedure codes14

Dr. Tainter's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Imaging
2023: 2422024: 2324%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2412024: 18822%
Surgery
2023: 612024: 5411%

Where Dr. Tainter's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office36176%
  • In a facility11324%

Dr. Tainter compared with the Delaware median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Tainter
  • Delaware median
Medicare services
474vs 1,99376% below
Medicare patients
200vs 51561% below
Part D claims
23vs 14284% below

Medians across 65 orthopedic surgeons in Delaware with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Tainter'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. David Michael Tainter treated 200 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 200 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tainter in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 81 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.55, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Tainter's median patient age at 70, with 59% women.

Medicare patients, 2024200
Average age78
Average risk score1.55
Also on Medicaid15%

Dr. Tainter's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Tainter's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women15075%
  • Men5025%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Tainter's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis64%
  4. Mood disorders50%
  5. Depression45%
  6. Anxiety44%
  7. Osteoporosis44%
  8. Diabetes37%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Tainter's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women59%
  • Men41%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. David Michael Tainter wrote 71 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Tainter wrote 71 Medicare Part D claims for 48 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 23 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $83 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 45 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 202471
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$83
Part D patients48

Dr. Tainter'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. Tainter's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids46%33 of 71 claims
  • Antibiotics24%17 of 71 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, 2022 to 2024

  • 2022
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2022: 452024: 2349%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 3 in 2022.

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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. David Michael Tainter scored 82 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Tainter for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Tainter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Tainter's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 82of 100Final score
  • 76.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 30of 100Improvement Activities
  • 77of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Knee replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 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. David Michael Tainter received $26,291 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 71 general payments to Dr. Tainter from 15 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 92% of the total. DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. paid the most, $11,786.

General payments to Dr. Tainter by program year, 2017 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Tainter by kind, 2017 to 2025

$26.3Kin total
  • Consulting fees$24,26892%
  • Food and beverage$2,0248%

Companies that paid Dr. Tainter the most, 2017 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. David Michael Tainter's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors 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 paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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Frequently asked questions about Dr. David Michael Tainter

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What is Dr. David Michael Tainter's NPI number?

Dr. David Michael Tainter's NPI number is 1851710248. It was assigned on April 14, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David Michael Tainter?

Dr. David Michael Tainter is an orthopedic surgeon in Newark, Delaware. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. David Michael Tainter practice?

Dr. Tainter practices at 1096 Old Churchmans Road, Newark, DE 19713. Dr. Tainter's primary practice is Orthopaedic Specialists Surgi-Center in Newark, Delaware. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tainter to 1 hospital, 3 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. David Michael Tainter's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Tainter is (302) 351-4848.

What is Dr. David Michael Tainter's medical license number?

Dr. Tainter holds Delaware license C1-0013650.

Which hospitals is Dr. David Michael Tainter affiliated with?

Dr. Tainter is affiliated with Christiana Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Tainter to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. David Michael Tainter part of?

Dr. Tainter is linked to Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists.

Does Dr. David Michael Tainter accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Tainter billed Medicare for 474 services in 2024, and Dr. Tainter accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. David Michael Tainter's MIPS score?

Dr. Tainter's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 82 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. David Michael Tainter see?

CMS counts 200 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tainter in 2024, with an average age of 78.

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What services does Dr. David Michael Tainter bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Tainter's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), diagnostic imaging (73552) and diagnostic imaging (73502).

What drugs does Dr. David Michael Tainter prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Tainter's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. David Michael Tainter received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $26,291 in general payments to Dr. Tainter from 15 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.

How long has Dr. David Michael Tainter been practicing?

Dr. Tainter graduated from medical school in 2014, 12 years ago.

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