Dr. William R. Berry, MD

Dr. Berry practices at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd) in Brainerd, Minnesota, part of Essentia Health.

Dr. Berry's NPI, 1043250590, was assigned on June 6, 2006. Dr. Berry graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 1974. Dr. Berry's North Carolina license number on file is 22548.

Dr. Berry's primary practice is Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd), at 523 North 3rd Street, Brainerd, MN 56401 in Crow Wing County. The practice phone is (218) 829-2861.

Dr. Berry's primary practice is Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd) in Brainerd, Minnesota, part of Essentia Health. Dr. Berry is also affiliated with ECU Health Medical Center. The medical group on file is Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Berry to 1 more hospital, 3 medical groups 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. Berry practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hematology and oncology is Dr. Berry's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RH0003X. Dr. Berry is board certified in hematology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Berry's licenses on file in 3 states: North Carolina, Minnesota and Hawaii.

Dmand AI lists breast cancer, chronic anemia, chronic leukemia, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, immune deficiency disease, lung cancer, multiple myeloma and neutropenia among the conditions Dr. Berry treats.

CMS data shows 206 Medicare services from Dr. Berry across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 131 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,141 for them.

CMS counts 131 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Berry in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 59 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.15, 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. Berry's median patient age at 76, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Berry wrote 263 Medicare Part D claims for 106 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 111 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $40,703 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 278 claims across 10 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 79 papers to Dr. Berry, published from 2010 to 2024. 2015 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Checklist, Patient Safety and Operating Rooms. Dr. Berry has published most often in Ann Surg. Dr. Berry's most frequent co-authors are Atul Gawande, MD, Alex Bernard Haynes, MD, MPH and George Molina, MD, MPH.

Dmand AI links Dr. Berry to 3 clinical trials, 3 of them phase 2 studies. Conditions studied include Prostatic Neoplasms, Prostatic Diseases and Neoplasm Metastasis.

CMS Open Payments shows 288 general payments to Dr. Berry from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 66% of the total. Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC paid the most, $127,121. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $782 in 2016.

Dr. Berry graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 1974.

Dr. Berry is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.