Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr., MD

  • Twin Falls, ID
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1508894262PAC ID6305837576
Medicare services, 2024
696
Medicare patients, 2024
402
Part D claims, 2024
1,640
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
85
Practice address
801 Pole Line Road West, Twin Falls, ID 83301
Practice phone
Call (208) 814-1000
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Primary practice

St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center

Hospital · Twin Falls, Idaho

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Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. is a gastroenterologist in Twin Falls, Idaho

Dr. Ward practices at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho, part of St. Luke's Health System.

Dr. Ward's NPI, 1508894262, was assigned on June 29, 2006. Dr. Ward graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1986. Dr. Ward holds Idaho license M6665.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6305837576
NPI enumeration date
June 29, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(208) 814-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
66
Medical school graduation
1986

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

Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. practices at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho

Dr. Ward's primary practice is St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center, at 801 Pole Line Road West, Twin Falls, ID 83301 in Twin Falls County. The practice phone is (208) 814-1000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Ward's primary practice is St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho, part of St. Luke's Health System. The medical group on file is St. Luke's Clinic, Magic Valley/Jerome.

Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr.'s practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical CenterAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. is one of 84 gastroenterologists in Idaho

Gastroenterology is Dr. Ward's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Ward is licensed in Idaho.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, IdahoPrimaryLicense M6665 · taxonomy 207RG0100X

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Ward

Counts of gastroenterologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. billed Medicare for 696 services in 2024

CMS data shows 696 Medicare services from Dr. Ward across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 402 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $61,394 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024696
Medicare patients402
Paid by Medicare$61,394
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 5722024: 49513%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2232024: 16227%
Other services
2023: 332024: 3918%

Dr. Ward compared with the Idaho median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Dr. Ward
  • Idaho median
Medicare services
696vs 55925% above
Medicare patients
402vs 32125% above
Part D claims
1,462vs 4603.2 times

Medians across 81 gastroenterologists in Idaho with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ward'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 M. Ward Jr. treated 402 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 402 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ward in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 212 patients. 65% of them have high blood pressure, and 59% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.27, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ward's median patient age at 71, with 57% women.

Medicare patients, 2024402
Average age73
Average risk score1.27
Also on Medicaid11%

Dr. Ward's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ward's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women23258%
  • Men17042%

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

  1. High blood pressure65%
  2. High cholesterol59%
  3. Arthritis40%
  4. Diabetes27%
  5. Mood disorders25%
  6. Depression24%
  7. Anxiety23%
  8. Chronic kidney disease22%

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

Dr. Ward's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women57%
  • Men43%

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

Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. wrote 1,640 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ward wrote 1,640 Medicare Part D claims for 382 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,462 of them, across 24 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $844,150 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,350 claims across 24 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,640
Drugs named by CMS24
Total drug cost$844,150
Part D patients382

Dr. Ward's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,430 claims87%
  • Brand-name210 claims13%

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

  • Antibiotics3%41 of 1,640 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: 1,3502024: 1,4628%

Drugs named by CMS: 24 in 2024, 24 in 2023.

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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. Robert M. Ward Jr. scored 85 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Ward for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ward accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 43 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Ward, more than 61% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Ward's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 85of 100Final score
  • 77.1of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 73of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Ward ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
61st percentile43 procedures
Colonoscopy
52nd percentile27 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 M. Ward Jr. has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Ward in 2023.

Papers1

Recent publications by Dr. Ward

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Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. received $1,460 in industry payments from 2016 to 2021

CMS Open Payments shows 100 general payments to Dr. Ward from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2021. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $304.

General payments to Dr. Ward by program year, 2016 to 2021

Companies that paid Dr. Ward the most, 2016 to 2021

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine

Dr. Ward graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1986.

  1. Medical schoolGeorgetown University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr.'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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr.'s NPI number?

Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr.'s NPI number is 1508894262. It was assigned on June 29, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr.?

Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. is a gastroenterologist in Twin Falls, Idaho. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. practice?

Dr. Ward practices at 801 Pole Line Road West, Twin Falls, ID 83301. Dr. Ward's primary practice is St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho, part of St. Luke's Health System.

What is Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr.'s office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ward is (208) 814-1000.

What is Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr.'s medical license number?

Dr. Ward holds Idaho license M6665.

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. affiliated with?

Dr. Ward practices at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho.

What medical group is Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. part of?

Dr. Ward is linked to St. Luke's Clinic, Magic Valley/Jerome.

Does Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ward billed Medicare for 696 services in 2024, and Dr. Ward accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr.'s MIPS score?

Dr. Ward's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 85 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. see?

CMS counts 402 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ward in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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What services does Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ward's most billed Medicare services were surgery: digestive system (45380), surgery: digestive system (43239) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. go to medical school?

Dr. Ward graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1986.

What drugs does Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ward's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pantoprazole Sodium, Omeprazole and Dicyclomine HCl.

Has Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,460 in general payments to Dr. Ward from 17 companies from 2016 to 2021. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. been practicing?

Dr. Ward graduated from medical school in 1986, 40 years ago.

Does Dr. Robert M. Ward Jr. do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Ward.

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