Dr. Robert J. March, MD

  • Michigan City, IN
  • Cardiothoracic surgeon
NPI1891809034PAC ID7517090921
Medicare services, 2024
84
Medicare patients, 2024
53
Part D claims, 2024
30
Publications
24
Clinical trials
2
Practice address
3500 Franciscan Way, Michigan City, IN 46360
Practice phone
Call (219) 879-8511
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Primary practice

Franciscan Health Michigan City

Hospital · Michigan City, Indiana

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Dr. Robert J. March is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Michigan City, Indiana

Dr. March practices at Franciscan Health Michigan City in Michigan City, Indiana, part of Franciscan Alliance.

Dr. March's NPI, 1891809034, was assigned on August 17, 2006. Dr. March graduated from Rush Medical College in 1982. Dr. March holds Illinois license 036079091.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7517090921
NPI enumeration date
August 17, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(219) 879-8511
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
70
Medical school graduation
1982

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

Dr. Robert J. March practices at Franciscan Health Michigan City in Michigan City, Indiana

Dr. March's primary practice is Franciscan Health Michigan City, at 3500 Franciscan Way, Michigan City, IN 46360 in La Porte County. The practice phone is (219) 879-8511.

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Dr. Robert J. March is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. March's primary practice is Franciscan Health Michigan City in Michigan City, Indiana, part of Franciscan Alliance. The medical group on file is Franciscan Physician Network. Dmand AI also links Dr. March to 2 more medical groups and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert J. March's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Franciscan Health Michigan CityAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Robert J. March is one of 111 cardiothoracic surgeons in Indiana

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. March's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. March is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. March's licenses on file in 3 states: Illinois, Indiana and Maryland.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery), IllinoisPrimaryLicense 036079091 · 1989 to 2026 · taxonomy 208G00000X
  • Vascular surgery, IndianaLicense 01080051A · 2018 to 2025 · taxonomy 2086S0129X
  • Maryland license1985 to 1987

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists heart bypass surgery and heart valve surgery among the conditions Dr. March treats.

Cardiothoracic surgeons near Dr. March

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

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Dr. Robert J. March billed Medicare for 84 services in 2024

CMS data shows 84 Medicare services from Dr. March across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 53 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $22,566 for them.

Medicare services, 202484
Medicare patients53
Paid by Medicare$22,566
Procedure codes4

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 362024: 73103%
Surgery
2023: 02024: 11

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

  • In an office5464%
  • In a facility3036%

Dr. March compared with the Indiana median for cardiothoracic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. March
  • Indiana median
Medicare services
84vs 12834% below
Medicare patients
53vs 11755% below
Part D claims
14vs 2339% below

Medians across 99 cardiothoracic surgeons in Indiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. March'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 J. March treated 53 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 53 Medicare patients who saw Dr. March in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 25 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.50, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. March's median patient age at 74, with 31% women.

Medicare patients, 202453
Average age74
Average risk score1.50

Dr. March's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. March's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women2547%
  • Men2853%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Ischemic heart disease75%
  4. Arthritis60%
  5. Diabetes45%
  6. Atrial fibrillation42%
  7. Heart failure40%
  8. COPD36%

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

Dr. March's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women31%
  • Men69%

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

Dr. Robert J. March wrote 30 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. March wrote 30 Medicare Part D claims. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 14 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $173 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 15 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202430
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$173

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

  • Generic27 claims90%
  • Brand-name and other3 claims10%

Dr. March's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2021

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2020 to 2021

  • 2020
  • 2021
Claims for drugs CMS names
2020: 152021: 147%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020.

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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

How Dr. Robert J. March takes part in Medicare

Dr. March accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Robert J. March has 24 publications on record

Dmand AI links 24 papers to Dr. March, published from 2013 to 2024. 2021 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Postoperative Complications, Laser Therapy and Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation. Dr. March has published most often in Anesth Analg. Dr. March's most frequent co-authors are Nikola Dobrilovic, MD, Keith A. Horvath, MD and Maja Delibasic, MD.

Papers24
Years published2013 to 2024

Dr. March's papers by year, 2013 to 2024

Topics Dr. March writes about most

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Laser Therapy
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Myocardial Revascularization
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Circulation

Dr. March's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. March

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Robert J. March has worked on 2 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. March to 2 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Myocardial Infarction, Ventricular Outflow Obstruction and Aortic Valve Stenosis.

Conditions in Dr. March's trials

  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis
  • Infarction

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. March

Recent clinical trials with Dr. March

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Robert J. March received $19,590 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 235 general payments to Dr. March from 35 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. paid the most, $6,397.

General payments to Dr. March by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. March by kind, 2016 to 2025

$19.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$10,11852%
  • Travel and lodging$9,43448%
  • Education$380%

Companies that paid Dr. March the most, 2016 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

Dr. Robert J. March has 3 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. March, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. March

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. 2011
    • Super Doc
  3. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert J. March graduated from Rush Medical College

Dr. March graduated from Rush Medical College in 1982. Dr. March is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolRush Medical College
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgical critical careAmerican Board of Surgery
  4. Board certified in vascular surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
  5. Board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert J. March accepts plans from 8 insurance carriers

Dr. March is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Humana
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Regence Health Plans
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. March accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare8
  2. PPO7
  3. HMO4
  4. POS3
  5. EPO2
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Robert J. March'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)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
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Robert J. March's NPI number?

Dr. Robert J. March's NPI number is 1891809034. It was assigned on August 17, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert J. March?

Dr. Robert J. March is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Michigan City, Indiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (taxonomy code 208G00000X).

Where does Dr. Robert J. March practice?

Dr. March practices at 3500 Franciscan Way, Michigan City, IN 46360. Dr. March's primary practice is Franciscan Health Michigan City in Michigan City, Indiana, part of Franciscan Alliance. Dmand AI also links Dr. March to 2 medical groups and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Robert J. March's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. March is (219) 879-8511.

What is Dr. Robert J. March's medical license number?

Dr. March holds Illinois license 036079091, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Robert J. March been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. March in Illinois (1989 to 2026), Indiana (2018 to 2025) and Maryland (1985 to 1987).

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert J. March affiliated with?

Dr. March practices at Franciscan Health Michigan City in Michigan City, Indiana.

What medical group is Dr. Robert J. March part of?

Dr. March is linked to Franciscan Physician Network. Dmand AI links Dr. March to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Robert J. March accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. March billed Medicare for 84 services in 2024, and Dr. March accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert J. March see?

CMS counts 53 Medicare patients who saw Dr. March in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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Is Dr. Robert J. March board certified?

Yes. Dr. March is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Robert J. March bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. March's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), hospital inpatient care (99223) and office visit, new patient (99205).

Where did Dr. Robert J. March go to medical school?

Dr. March graduated from Rush Medical College in 1982.

What drugs does Dr. Robert J. March prescribe most?

In 2021 Medicare Part D data, Dr. March's most prescribed drugs by claims were Mupirocin.

Has Dr. Robert J. March received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $19,590 in general payments to Dr. March from 35 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert J. March been practicing?

Dr. March graduated from medical school in 1982, 44 years ago.

Does Dr. Robert J. March do research?

Dmand AI links 24 publications to Dr. March, published from 2013 to 2024. Dr. March has worked on 2 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Robert J. March publish with?

Dr. March's most frequent co-authors are Nikola Dobrilovic, MD (3 shared papers), Keith A. Horvath, MD (3 shared papers) and Maja Delibasic, MD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Robert J. March accept?

Dr. March is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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