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Dr. Philip Sterling Taber, DO
NPI1154613412PAC ID6507171295
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,269
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 988
- Part D claims, 2024
- 425
- Publications
- 2
- MIPS score, 2024
- 83
- Practice address
- 1200 Pleasant Street, Des Moines, IA 50309
- Practice phone
- Call (515) 343-1000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Dr. Philip Sterling Taber is an emergency medicine physician in Des Moines, Iowa
Dr. Taber practices at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, part of UnityPoint Health.
Dr. Taber's NPI, 1154613412, was assigned on May 4, 2011. Dr. Taber holds Iowa license 04729.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1154613412NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 6507171295
- NPI enumeration date
- May 4, 2011
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (515) 343-1000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 41
- Medical school graduation
- 2011
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Philip Sterling Taber practices at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa
Dr. Taber's primary practice is UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center, at 1200 Pleasant Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 in Polk County. The practice phone is (515) 343-1000.
- UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center1200 Pleasant Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 · Polk CountyPhone(515) 343-1000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Philip Sterling Taber is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Taber's primary practice is UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, part of UnityPoint Health. Dr. Taber is also affiliated with UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is East Des Moines Family Care Center (currently publicly listed as UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine - East Des Moines). Dmand AI also links Dr. Taber to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical CenterEast Des Moines Family Care Center (currently publicly listed as UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine - East Des Moines)1 medical groupName with a free account
See all 4 affiliations for Dr. TaberSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Philip Sterling Taber's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Taber practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Philip Sterling Taber is one of 436 emergency medicine physicians in Iowa
Emergency medicine is Dr. Taber's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Taber is licensed in Iowa.
Specialties and state licenses
- Emergency medicine, IowaPrimary
Emergency medicine physicians near Dr. Taber
Counts of emergency medicine physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
436emergency medicine physicians in Iowa65emergency medicine physicians in Des Moines27emergency medicine physicians at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Philip Sterling Taber billed Medicare for 1,269 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,269 Medicare services from Dr. Taber across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 988 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $87,161 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Medicare services, 20241,269
Medicare patients988
Paid by Medicare$87,161
Procedure codes5
Dr. Taber's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 7072024: 7415%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3952024: 52834%
Dr. Taber compared with the Iowa median for emergency medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Taber
- Iowa median
- Medicare services
- 1,269vs 2365.4 times
- Medicare patients
- 988vs 2394.1 times
- Part D claims
- 299vs 605.0 times
Medians across 447 emergency medicine physicians in Iowa with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Taber'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. Philip Sterling Taber treated 988 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 988 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Taber in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 325 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.79, 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. Taber's median patient age at 70, with 59% women.
Medicare patients, 2024988
Average age76
Average risk score1.79
Also on Medicaid14%
Dr. Taber's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Taber's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women57458%
- Men41442%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Taber's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis48%
- Mood disorders46%
- Chronic kidney disease43%
- Depression43%
- Ischemic heart disease41%
- Anxiety37%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Taber's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
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. Philip Sterling Taber wrote 425 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Taber wrote 425 Medicare Part D claims for 270 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 299 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,821 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 330 claims across 11 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024425
Drugs named by CMS9
Total drug cost$1,821
Part D patients270
Dr. Taber's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic407 claims96%
- Brand-name18 claims4%
Dr. Taber'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. Taber's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids21%90 of 425 claims
- Antibiotics29%125 of 425 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: 3302024: 2999%
Drugs named by CMS: 9 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. Philip Sterling Taber scored 83 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 out of 100 for Dr. Taber for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Taber accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Taber's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 83of 100Final score
- 83.7of 100Quality
- 78of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 77of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Philip Sterling Taber has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Taber in 2020. Dr. Taber's most frequent co-authors are Dustin A. McCann, DO, William M. Pruett, MD and Richard A. Sidwell, MD.
Papers2
Dr. Taber's most frequent co-authors
- Dustin A. McCann, DO1 shared paper
- William M. Pruett, MD1 shared paper
- Richard A. Sidwell, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Taber
Pediatr Emerg Care
HemorrhageSchoolsStudents
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Philip Sterling Taber received $138 in industry payments from 2017 to 2019
CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Taber from 2 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2019. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Genentech, Inc. paid the most, $122.
General payments to Dr. Taber by program year, 2017 to 2019
Companies that paid Dr. Taber the most, 2017 to 2019
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Philip Sterling Taber'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) |
| 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) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Philip Sterling Taber's NPI number?
Dr. Philip Sterling Taber's NPI number is 1154613412. It was assigned on May 4, 2011, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Philip Sterling Taber?
Dr. Philip Sterling Taber is an emergency medicine physician in Des Moines, Iowa. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Emergency Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207P00000X).
Where does Dr. Philip Sterling Taber practice?
Dr. Taber practices at 1200 Pleasant Street, Des Moines, IA 50309. Dr. Taber's primary practice is UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, part of UnityPoint Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Taber to 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Philip Sterling Taber's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Taber is (515) 343-1000.
What is Dr. Philip Sterling Taber's medical license number?
Dr. Taber holds Iowa license 04729.
Which hospitals is Dr. Philip Sterling Taber affiliated with?
Dr. Taber practices at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Taber is also affiliated with UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Philip Sterling Taber part of?
Dr. Taber is linked to East Des Moines Family Care Center (currently publicly listed as UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine - East Des Moines). Dmand AI links Dr. Taber to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Philip Sterling Taber accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Taber billed Medicare for 1,269 services in 2024, and Dr. Taber accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Philip Sterling Taber's MIPS score?
Dr. Taber's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 83 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Philip Sterling Taber see?
CMS counts 988 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Taber in 2024, with an average age of 76.
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What services does Dr. Philip Sterling Taber bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Taber's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93010), emergency department visit (99285) and emergency department visit (99284).
What drugs does Dr. Philip Sterling Taber prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Taber's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Ondansetron ODT and Prednisone.
Has Dr. Philip Sterling Taber received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $138 in general payments to Dr. Taber from 2 companies from 2017 to 2019. The largest total came from Genentech, Inc.
How long has Dr. Philip Sterling Taber been practicing?
Dr. Taber graduated from medical school in 2011, 15 years ago.
Does Dr. Philip Sterling Taber do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Taber.
Who does Dr. Philip Sterling Taber publish with?
Dr. Taber's most frequent co-authors are Dustin A. McCann, DO (1 shared paper), William M. Pruett, MD (1 shared paper) and Richard A. Sidwell, MD (1 shared paper).
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