Dr. Kurt Ashack, MD

Dr. Ashack practices at Dawm, PLC in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Dr. Ashack's NPI, 1073976338, was assigned on April 3, 2016. Dr. Ashack graduated from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 2016. Dr. Ashack holds Michigan license 4301501673.

Dr. Ashack's primary practice is Dawm, PLC, at 1740 E Paris SE Ave, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 in Kent County. The practice phone is (616) 949-5600.

Dr. Ashack's primary practice is Dawm, PLC in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Ashack is also affiliated with Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Butterworth. The medical group on file is Dermatology Associates of West Michigan. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ashack to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ashack practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Dermatology is Dr. Ashack's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Ashack is licensed in Michigan.

CMS data shows 3,132 Medicare services from Dr. Ashack across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 646 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $142,816 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 646 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ashack in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 337 patients. 69% of them have high cholesterol, and 63% have high blood pressure. 2% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.08, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ashack's median patient age at 68, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ashack wrote 2,217 Medicare Part D claims for 985 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,094 of them, across 39 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,784,133 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,225 claims across 40 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Ashack for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Ashack accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 108 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Ashack, more than 94% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 43 papers to Dr. Ashack, published from 2015 to 2025. 2018 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Skin Neoplasms, Dermatology and Diagnosis, Differential. Dr. Ashack has published most often in J Am Acad Dermatol. Dr. Ashack's most frequent co-authors are Richard J. Ashack, MD, Amor Khachemoune, MD and Maria Magdalene Tsoukas, MD, PhD.

CMS Open Payments shows 480 general payments to Dr. Ashack from 29 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 81% of the total. Eli Lilly and Company paid the most, $147,185.

Dr. Ashack graduated from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 2016.