Dr. Douglas B. Sawyer, MD

Dr. Sawyer practices at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth, Maine, part of Northern Light Health.

Dr. Sawyer's NPI, 1720058209, was assigned on January 25, 2006. Dr. Sawyer graduated from JS Weill Medical College, Cornell University in 1991. Dr. Sawyer holds Massachusetts license 79906.

Dr. Sawyer's primary practice is Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital, at 50 Union Street, Ellsworth, ME 04605 in Hancock County. The practice phone is (207) 667-5311.

Dr. Sawyer's primary practice is Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth, Maine, part of Northern Light Health. Dr. Sawyer is also affiliated with MaineHealth Maine Medical Center. The medical group on file is MaineHealth Primary Care - Family Medicine - Portland. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sawyer to 3 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sawyer practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Sawyer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Sawyer is licensed in Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 93 Medicare services from Dr. Sawyer across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 71 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,569 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 71 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sawyer in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 31 patients. 75% of them have heart failure, and 75% have high blood pressure. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.30, 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. Sawyer's median patient age at 71, with 35% women.

In 2024, Dr. Sawyer wrote 330 Medicare Part D claims for 56 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 272 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $77,807 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 174 claims across 9 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 98 out of 100 for Dr. Sawyer for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Sawyer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 107 papers to Dr. Sawyer, published from 2010 to 2025. 2016 was the busiest year, with 13. The most frequent topics are Heart Failure, Signal Transduction and Myocardium. Dr. Sawyer has published most often in Circ Res. Dr. Sawyer's most frequent co-authors are Daniel J. Lenihan, MD, Mark Lawson, MD and Michael Phillip Robich, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Sawyer to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Diabetes Complications and Diabetes Mellitus.

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Sawyer from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2019. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 85% of the total. Acorda Therapeutics, Inc paid the most, $4,637. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $4,000 in 2016.

Dr. Sawyer graduated from JS Weill Medical College, Cornell University in 1991.