Dr. Laurence Bruce Balter, MD

Dr. Balter practices at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Emory University.

Dr. Balter's NPI, 1326037201, was assigned on October 13, 2005. Dr. Balter graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Balter holds Georgia license 079046.

Dr. Balter's primary practice is Emory University Hospital Midtown, at 550 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 in Fulton County. The practice phone is (404) 686-2450.

Dr. Balter's primary practice is Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Emory University. The medical group on file is Emory Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Balter to 1 more clinical lab, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Balter practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Infectious disease is Dr. Balter's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dmand AI has Dr. Balter's licenses on file in 3 states: Georgia, District of Columbia and Maryland.

CMS data shows 140 Medicare services from Dr. Balter across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 88 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,583 for them.

CMS counts 88 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Balter in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 38 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 34% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.62, 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. Balter's median patient age at 60, with 37% women.

In 2024, Dr. Balter wrote 690 Medicare Part D claims for 99 patients. 59% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 530 of them, across 23 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $784,705 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 473 claims across 22 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Balter for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Balter accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Balter as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Balter, published from 2020 to 2024. Dr. Balter's most frequent co-authors are Jonathan Arthur Colasanti, MD, Stephen Andrew Gurley and Jeanne L. Hatcher, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Balter from 2 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $43.

Dr. Balter graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1998.