Dr. Derek Thomas Dirks, MD

Dr. Dirks practices at Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls, Idaho, part of Northwest Specialty Hospital.

Dr. Dirks' NPI, 1427476225, was assigned on March 31, 2014. Dr. Dirks graduated from University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Dirks holds Idaho license M-15190.

Dr. Dirks' primary practice is Northwest Specialty Hospital, at 1593 East Polston Avenue, Post Falls, ID 83854 in Kootenai County. The practice phone is (208) 262-2300.

Dr. Dirks' primary practice is Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls, Idaho, part of Northwest Specialty Hospital. Dr. Dirks is also affiliated with Kootenai Health. The medical group on file is Northwest Specialty Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Dirks to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 clinical lab, each named with a free account. Dr. Dirks' employer is on file too: a hospital.

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

Surgery is Dr. Dirks' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Dirks' licenses on file in 2 states: Idaho and Oregon.

CMS data shows 463 Medicare services from Dr. Dirks across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 300 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $44,820 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 300 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dirks in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 166 patients. 65% of them have high blood pressure, and 60% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.94, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Dirks' median patient age at 56, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Dirks wrote 85 Medicare Part D claims for 43 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 52 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $550 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 51 claims across 2 drugs.

Dr. Dirks accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Dirks, more than 77% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 38 general payments to Dr. Dirks from 12 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 50% of the total. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. paid the most, $1,145.

Dr. Dirks graduated from University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of Medicine in 2014.