Dr. Samuel Clinton Walling, MD

Dr. Walling practices at Baptist Health Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Baptist Health.

Dr. Walling's NPI, 1942731955, was assigned on March 22, 2017. Dr. Walling graduated from University of Louisville School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Walling holds Kentucky license 56880.

Dr. Walling's primary practice is Baptist Health Louisville, at 4000 Kresge Way, Louisville, KY 40207 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (502) 897-8100.

Dr. Walling's primary practice is Baptist Health Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Baptist Health. Dr. Walling is also affiliated with Norton Hospital. The medical group on file is Baptist Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walling to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency and 1 therapy and rehab clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Walling practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Walling's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Walling is licensed in Kentucky.

CMS data shows 619 Medicare services from Dr. Walling across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 309 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $60,011 for them.

CMS counts 309 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walling in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 135 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.53, 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. Walling's median patient age at 62, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Walling wrote 401 Medicare Part D claims for 157 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 276 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,020 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 85 claims across 3 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Walling for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Walling accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 86 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Walling, more than 76% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Walling, published from 2016 to 2022. The most frequent topics are Colorectal Neoplasms, Early Detection of Cancer and Kentucky. Dr. Walling has published most often in J Am Coll Surg. Dr. Walling's most frequent co-authors are Avinash Sukhdev Bhakta, MD, Nikhil R. Borkhetaria, MD and Quan Chen, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 38 general payments to Dr. Walling from 11 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 43% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $4,774.

Dr. Walling graduated from University of Louisville School of Medicine in 2017.